question; inquiry; enquiry
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
in plain words; in plain terms; put simply
physiology; menstruation; one's period; menses
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
to dye; to colour; to color
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
feelings; thoughts; meaning
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder