precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
glistening; shiny; sleek; slippery
long and narrow; lanky; gangling; spindly
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
mangy cur; low animal; beast
around the neck; neck size (measurement)
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
cracks or fissures in the ground
calamity; disaster; misfortune
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
lonely; dreary; desolate; few; scarce; sparse
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
to hide; to conceal oneself
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
heel (of a shoe); heel (in pro wrestling); bad guy; player of villain roles
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
older brother; elder brother
to be spattered by blood from one's victim; to suffer a reaction; to receive a backlash
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
to be exhausted; to be tired out
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little