to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
outline; contour line; border line
sprinkling; dropping in small light bits
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
fields (of rice and other crops)
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
residence; abode; dwelling
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to waste time; to kill time
to stop communicating; to never be heard from again; to lose contact
rule; reign; peaceful times
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
appearance; air; condition; state; form
to be greatly perplexed; to be at a loss; to be sorely troubled; to be greatly embarrassed
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
I think (something) won't (something); probably (something) isn't (something)
bending; warping; flexibility; pliability
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
library; book collection; paperback book
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
treasury; treasure house; storehouse; treasure trove; rich source (of)
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
paintings and calligraphic works
shame; disgrace; raping; rape
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
to underrate; to make light of
overconfident; presumptuous
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless