what people say; rumours; public opinion
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
secretly (cheer, pray, etc. for someone); in secret; from the sidelines; at a distance
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
reason; cause; circumstances
pride; boast; credit (to)
heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
overhasty; rash; premature
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
decision; settlement; definition
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
ago; since; before; previous
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
anyone and everyone; anybody at all
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
together; at the same time; same; identical
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
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)
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover