writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
shallow bowl for displaying flowers, bonsai, etc.
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
by itself; automatically; naturally
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
at once; immediately; right now
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
nonchalant air; unruffled air
pointing out; identification
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
by sheer strength; by brute force
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
though; even if; whether ... or ...
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
to add (e.g. a postscript)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to indicate; to show; to point to