open field; empty lot; plain
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
(so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last
to weave within (hair, fabric, etc.); to braid
riskiness; (level of) danger
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
a little bit; a little while
force (bulldoze) one's way through
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to dress (vegetables, salad, etc.)
triple feature (e.g. movie)
speech and conduct; words and deeds
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
floor above; floor upstairs
drastic move (e.g. hold or strike in martial arts); power technique; display of power
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
to shine; to glow; to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
brilliant; bright; dazzling
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
(with) only a few left; (with) little left
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
brightly lit; brightly lighted; lit up; lighted up
stagnation; hindrance; delay