disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
keeping an alternative up one's sleeve; two-stage preparation
to affect; to impact; to influence
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
ague; intermittent fever; the shakes; malarial fever (old name)
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
coexistence; living together
cannot be helped; unavoidable
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
to fret; to be fretful; to be peevish
to gradually disappear; to be vanishing
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
elegance; refinement; grace; aroma
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
progress; advance; improvement; development
save; checking; curbing; suppressing
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to become dim; to become blurred
to step forward; to take a step forward
normalcy; normality; normal
storehouse; warehouse; godown
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
adult striped mullet; in the end; after all is said and done
not yet fixed; undecided; pending
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out