tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
to feel at ease; to feel relaxed
prison guard; warder; jailer; gaoler
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
information; news; report; reward; retribution
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
piece of junk; worn-out article; clumsy; useless; dismantled car; hitting (with fist)
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
burning at the stake; burning to death
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
pretension; conceit; hubris
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
belonging; ascription; attribution; reversion; return; restoration
princess; daughter of a nobleman
dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly
information transfer; information transmission
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
wife and children; (arch.) wife
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
bunch of flowers; bouquet
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament