bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
manners; courtesy; etiquette
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
tedious; boring; being fed up with
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
hostility; animosity; enmity
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
social life; social intercourse
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
lawless; outrageous; insolent; rude; inexcusable; unpardonable
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation