re-examination; review; reconsideration; reappraisal
to lose one's energy; to be cowardly
conduct of business; management; acting as agent (of a land owner, house owner, etc.); being in charge (of a house, etc.)
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
here and there; in places
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
great man; great god; hero; big man
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
soft and fluffy (e.g. hair)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform
gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
shady; underhanded; questionable
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
menial; meanness; servility; abject
to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
suspicious character (person, figure)
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)