to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
charming; fascinating; attractive
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
looking away; looking aside
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to change completely; to change suddenly
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
pine needle; small gift; souvenir
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
trackless; reckless; dissipated
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
charming figure; alluring figure
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
to get thin; to taper off
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to come to an end; to close the curtain
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
instant; moment; for an instant
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly