stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
emphasis; stress; main point; point of a lever where force is applied
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
to undergo many hardships; to taste the bitters of life
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
attractiveness; charm; amiability
royal capital; imperial capital
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
destination (one is heading towards); goal
close; intimate; on good terms
no!; no no!; no, not at all
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
about here; in this neighborhood
(find) common (meeting) ground
correction; revision; amendment
bad influence; negative influence
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
friendship; (on) familiar terms; intimacy; kindness; goodwill
giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names
taking no notice of; paying no attention to
clearly; distinctly; vividly
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
intelligence gathering; information gathering
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
odds and ends; all; every
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
to induce (someone to do something); to tempt; to act toward (someone in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
maniac; enthusiast; fan; mania; craze
incompetent; have no merit
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
rubbing (someone) the wrong way; irritating (someone)