(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
brushwork; handling of one's brush; command of one's pen; penmanship
disorder; disturbance; unrest
fallen ears (of grain); gleanings
quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
invisibly; secretly; privately
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
(not) a single person; (no) one
to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
to extol; to laud; to sing the praises of
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
breaking off; snapping off
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
dullard; indecisive person
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
listless; languid; sluggish; irritating; exasperating; tiresome
snap (e.g. of the wrist in baseball); snapshot (esp. of people); snap fastener; press stud
shuriken; small throwing blade; throwing star
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
totteringly; staggeringly; unsteadily; lanky; spindly; slender
one's husband; one's wife
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
rising intonation; upward inflection; rising tendency; upward trend; feet-first somersault hanging from the horizontal bar
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
to boil strongly; to be excited
to raise one's voice; to shout
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand