smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
overflowing; effusive; exuberant; bountiful
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
verge of death; dying moments
overripeness; full maturity; full development
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
a great variety of; diversity
personality; style; appearance
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
flowers; beautiful; spectacular
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
difference; disparity; gap
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
suspicious-looking; fishy
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
tiny area; tiny surface; (lit.) cat's forehead
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations); stele; stela
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
while alive; during one's lifetime
sentiment; sentimentality
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
Katharine; Katherine; Katheryn
to have a meal; to take a meal
to blaze; to burn brightly
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front)
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
unmarried person; bachelor; spinster
flan (baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case); flan; crème caramel; caramel custard