direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
with a "plop" (of tears, drop of water, etc.)
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
maneuver to return a sword to its scabbard
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
cool or attractive expression (when posing for a photo)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
rather; sooner; preferably
shyness; bashfulness; shame
reproachful; hateful; bitter
and; thereupon; because of that
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to cause someone to worry
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
messenger; envoy; emissary
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person