to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn
to be embarrassed; to lose face
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable
foster father; adoptive father
moral way of life; correct path; moral principles
to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on
secret; private; surreptitious
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
elegance; refinement; grace; aroma
great commander; famous commander
to love; to be attached to; to cherish; to caress
handsome youth (male); pretty boy
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging lantern
(doing something) regardless of expense
poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches
misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful
to dispose of; to sell off
tranquillity and peace; tranquility and peace; peaceful and uneventful
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
mutation; change; transition
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce