supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
grinding; polishing; refining (skill, knowledge, etc.); striving to master something
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
please; somehow or other; one way or another
taking no notice of; paying no attention to
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to apologize; to apologise
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
interrupting a game; time out
scenery; scene; landscape
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
along; parallel to; in accordance with
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning