falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; 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 enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
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 watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of
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 be ignited; to ignite; to flare up (of an emotion, controversy, etc.); to blaze; to be ignited (of a dispute, commotion, etc.)
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant); foul (comp. karuta); touching a card which is not in the same territory as the correct card
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; throwing a ball as hard as one can
to rearrange; to reorder; to move around; to sort; to collate
bar; measure; short pause (in writing); petty principles; minor details
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
at full speed; (at) full tilt; headlong; impetuously; precipitately
person who has rendered distinguished service
(even) if only a little; to some extent; in the slightest way
food expenses; cost of one's board
good offices; kind offices; services; mediation; intercession; conciliation
in search of; in order to look for
sentimental; on an emotional level; in one's heart
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
trade; buying and selling
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
(feeling of) hatred; (strong) dislike; disgust; aversion; revulsion; loathing