ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to discuss; to talk together
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
close to; directly (e.g. staring); suddenly (e.g. stopping)
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
enumeration; citation; listing
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
sincere; earnest; serious
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to be wet (with tears); to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
this (very thing); this precisely
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
coquettish; charming; seductive; (arch.) beautiful; (arch.) graceful
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
of all things (people, places, days, etc.)
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively