sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
hand puppet; glove puppet
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
colouring; coloring; colorant
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
eyes and nose; looks; facial features; shape; form
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
never mind!; don't worry about it
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to be transparent; to show through
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
pungent; irritating; acrid
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
tank for holding excreta (often used for fertilizer) (fertiliser); night soil vat or reservoir; cesspool
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
hook (fishing, golf, boxing, etc.)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
manure; night soil; dung; something that will help one develop in the future
difficult to ...; hard to ...
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)