last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
defeat; lost battle; defeated army
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to stop in the middle of a sentence
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
depiction; description; portrayal
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy
on the street; around town; the world; the public
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
rising; ascending; climbing
animation; animated film; animated cartoon
to fight with each other; to fight amongst yourselves
one way or the other; either way
to touch; to finger; to play with; (arch.) to tease; (arch.) to make fun of
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey
urgent; requiring quick (response)
to underrate; to make light of
no, not like that (but like this)
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name)
inspiration; genius; super-human skill
trance; an altered state of consciousness
denaturation; degeneration
to shave off; to scrape off
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery