to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
high; noble; refined; advanced
to have meaning; to be meaningful
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
white plaster wall; tofu; bean curd
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
rather; better; instead; if anything
I see; that's right; indeed
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
tall story; tall tale; cock-and-bull story
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
as a child; when one was a child
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
heedless of danger; braving dangers
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
neckline (of dress, etc.)
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
check (e.g. baggage claim); tag; token; tally; score
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
name of store; trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship); stage name (e.g. of actor)