tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable
rustling of leaves; rustling of grass
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
mental health; mental hygiene
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
save; checking; curbing; suppressing
(a woman) being gifted with both intelligence and beauty
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
to cultivate a better understanding
growing (graph rising to the right); expanding; soaring
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
popular (with); in favour (with); well received
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
one's share; one's portion
to become animated; to liven up; to become active
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
shop; small store; business; firm
storehouse; warehouse; godown
young woman who uses the first person pronoun "ore"
woman who likes comics depicting male homosexual love
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end