confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
worried look; concerned expression
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject
most ominous; most sinister; most atrocious; most evil
to turn against; to become an enemy
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
adoration; admiration; devotion
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
with a start; with a jump
penalty for contract breach
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
to incur someone's enmity
sincere; earnest; serious
sincere; honest; faithful
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
right in the middle (of); midst; height
professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
to rank (as); to occupy (a position); to be located (in); to be situated
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)