naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
eyetooth; cuspid; canine (tooth); dogtooth
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
provisional; temporary; tentative
selection; choice; option
untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)
to walk in on; to tread upon
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
image change; changing one's image; makeover
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling
serious; not joking; straight
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement