action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
very likely; very probable
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
document; official papers
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
appliqué (ornamental needlework)
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
such ... as; or some such
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
personification; impersonation; embodiment
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
fukuwarai; New Year's game in which blindfolded players place cutouts of facial features onto the outline of a face
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
guard on sword, polearms, etc.; flange; brim; visor (e.g. of a hat)
two (long cylindrical things)
protuberance; projection; prominence; bump; boss; process
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
instability; insecurity; crankiness
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
organ (of body, plant, etc.)
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen