style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
second; number two; runner-up
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
corrosion; etching; action of acid; saprophagy
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
failure; mistake; blunder
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
to stretch (unbend) oneself
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
just because; even if; even though
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
sphere; counter for balls
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)
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
phantom; vision; illusion
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
mimesis; mimicry; camouflage