shaft of an arrow (usu. made of thin bamboo); cornetfish
rumbling; (ringing) cadence
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
one's own flesh and blood; blood relative; kinsman; flesh and bone; (one's) body
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to cause a commotion; to create a big stir; (lit.) to invoke a storm
stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
to smash violently; to crush
no big deal; no match; not worth worrying about
great swordsman; master fencer
even if; even though; however; no matter how
prickling; stinging; tingling
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
huge; enormous; great big
figurative expression; metaphorical expression
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
modesty; humility; being humble
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
example; illustration; precedent
substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (specific to object language classes) instantiation
in general; on the whole; for the most part; by and large; almost all
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
paying an unannounced visit; rudeness
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
earpick; ear cleaning (with an earpick)
ear cleaning; cleaning one's ears
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
flopping (e.g. on a bed); scattering (e.g. limbs horizontally)
caring for (esp. a pet or a small object); cherishing; being fond of; prizing; treasuring
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool