pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
visiting room; visitation room
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to be suspicious (of something or somebody)
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
isomorphism; same shape; same type; same pattern
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
to suppress one's emotions
competent; suitable; qualified
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
making a show of one's faults
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
heartburn; strong sense of disgust
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
if so; in that case; in that situation