metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories
suggestion; hint; implication
to fix (e.g. to a wall); to secure; to install; to plant
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
village festival; autumn festival; harvest festival
sunny (room, etc.); well sunlit
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent
polite; courteous; hospitable
triumphant return; returning in triumph
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
quarrel; dispute; argument
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief
impiety; unbelief; infidelity
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
leather; tanned animal hide; suede; kanji "tanned leather" radical (radical 178)
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
armor and helmet (armour)
the touch of; feel of; texture
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
to nock (an arrow); to fix an arrow to the string
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
dazzlement; bewilderment; daze