expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to accept; to receive; to agree
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
(political) power; authority; influence
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
coincident with; while; simultaneously
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
close to the wall; alongside the wall
nonchalant air; unruffled air
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
while; during (the time when)
creakily; close (i.e. with no room to spare)
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to see through; to see the true nature of something
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)