wooden doll; wooden figure; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
attribute; property; attribute; alignment (in a role-playing game); element (of an enemy or attack); type (of dealt damage); (character) type
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
rearguard; rear guard; back (player)
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
somersault; returning from a destination right after arriving there; non-stop round trip; abrupt change of direction
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
an inch ahead; the immediate future
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
fork; junction; diverging point; turning point (e.g. in one's life); crossroads
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
swing (of a golf club, tennis racket, etc.); swing; swing
podgily; plumply; thickly
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
shady; underhanded; questionable
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
with a whack; smack; slap
finger flick to the forehead
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
your home; your residence; you (referring to one's equal; epistolary style)
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca); Egyptian cucumber; loofah (bath sponge); loofa; worthless thing; insignificant thing
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
to rebuke; to scold harshly
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake