forced laugh; forced smile
willpower; energy; vitality
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
innumerable; countless; numberless
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
minuteness; one millionth
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
scale; scope; plan; structure
number of persons; personnel
source of funds; resources; finances
property; fortune; means; assets
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
firm; unshakeable; resolute
presence (impressive quality)
vast; boundless; vague; obscure
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
had better ...; had better not ...
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
in the fire; in the flames; (arch.) burning (something)
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
to pick up; to find; to gather
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
study; library; den; home office; reading room
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.)
materials; data; document
making constant reference to
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying