trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
brothers and sisters; siblings
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
to speak as though something were actually the case; to smooth over; to give the impression that; to make it sound that
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
exaggerated; extravagant; overdone
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
to set somebody to work in an arrogant fashion; to push somebody around; (lit.) to indicate by pointing one's chin; to chatter; to jaw; to jabber
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
height (of body); stature
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to be overcome with emotion
embrace; hug; holding in one's arms
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
life and death; life or death
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
to decide; to determine; to judge
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful