humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
how; in what way; how about; questionable
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
sweet (voice, fragrance, etc.)
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
last night; yesterday evening
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
a little bit; a little while
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
putting in an appearance; visiting; coming to the surface; appearing; showing one's face (on TV, social media, etc.); face reveal
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver; to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
suspicious; doubtful; dubious; questionable; fishy
work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay
phantom; vision; illusion
intuition; instinct; hunch
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
fast (talking); rapid; quick-tongued
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
to rub (on); to wipe; to daub; to lay (the blame on someone); to pin; to shift
to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
messy; shabby; scruffy; dirty; squalid; sordid
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
at once; immediately; right now