long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
the West; the Occident; Western countries
and various other things; and many others; and all the rest; and so on and so forth
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
cannot be helped; unavoidable
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
to use one's intuition; to use one's instinct; to use one's head
to change completely; to change suddenly
mimesis; mimicry; camouflage
parting gift; remembrance; aftereffect
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
abscissa; horizontal axis; horizontal scroll
to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
otherwise; or else; if not
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
to fluff up (e.g. a futon); to retype (e.g. a letter)
destruction; collapse; crumbling
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
diamond (mineral, gemstone); diamond; infield; diamond (card suit)
motive power; driving force
to comfort one another; to offer each other consolation
woodcut; woodblock print; art print
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive