feigned; pretending (not to know)
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
migratory bird; bird of passage
passing the winter; hibernation
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
man; male; masculine gender
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to project; to stick out; to stand out
poor (quality, conditions, etc.); bad; inferior; poor-quality
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
light; easy; non-serious; minor
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
companion; company; tritagonist; second supporting character
lack of physical exercise; insufficient exercise; inactivity
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth