hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
police questioning (of a suspicious person); police checkup
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
cheekbone; zygomatic bone; malar bone
to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)
eyes and nose; looks; facial features; shape; form
a lick; one lick; engulfing (e.g. of fire); enveloping; consuming
lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
stupid plan; inane way of doing something; (one's own) plan; project
sticky; gummy; gooey; tenacious; persistent; dogged
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
harm; injury; evil (influence)
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
(brute) force; using all one's might
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
illicit manufacturing; illicit distilling; moonshining
cancellation; withdrawal; asking to be excused; begging off; not taking
the future is unpredictable; inscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fate
hookah; shishah; waterpipe; alpine gesneriad (Conandron ramondioides)
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
to bend (a piece of wood, etc.); to bow
cake served with tea; teacake
curiosity of fear; urge to look at something frightening; wanting to take a peek at something unpleasant
filtration; filtering; percolation
sense of beauty; aesthetic sense; attention to one's appearance; grooming-consciousness
bluff; false show of power; bold front