to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
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
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
coincident with; while; simultaneously
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
close to the wall; alongside the wall
nonchalant air; unruffled air
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
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
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
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
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)
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
workshop; studio; atelier
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to be erected; to be built
the other day; a few days ago
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to feel goodwill (towards); to wish someone well; to have a strong liking (for); to be emotionally involved
menial; meanness; servility; abject
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
fallen angel; Lucifer; demon; Satan