to stare back at; to look back at
stillness; silence; quiet; hush; calm; serenity
calm before the storm; lull before the storm
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
air hole; windhole; air vent; deep cave from which cold wind blows
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
extent of (one's) foolishness; degree of stupidity
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
copy; duplicate; facsimile; cc (on e-mails); carbon copy
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition
general; popular; common; typical
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
consequence; result; conclusion; apodosis
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
to be helpful; to be useful
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
pride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.); self-praise; boast
settlement; solution; resolution
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction
pedantry; display of one's learning
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
healthy; sound; wholesome
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (of a cat)
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish