twilight; time for disasters (similar to 'the witching hour' but not midnight)
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
to appear all together; to be all present
trouble; difficulty; hospitality; treatment; treat
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
magical; sorcerous; supernatural
ornament; decoration; figurehead; leader without real power
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to sheathe; to govern; to manage; to control
stingy; cheap; very frugal
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
dice; die; baton (of command)
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to have luck on one's side; to get lucky; to have one's eyes bulge out of one's head (with surprise)
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
to provide; to arrange; to install
retaining warmth; keeping heat in; heat insulation
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance); musicians' box on the left side of the stage; lower seat