starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm
rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
by (indicating means of action); as (a group, etc.); indicates the agent in a causative construction; acts as a connective indicating a state or condition; adds emphasis; and
interior of the mouth; oral cavity
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
rise of the curtain; opening of a play; beginning (e.g. of an era); start; opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)
to show one's affection; to express one's love
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
red eyes; bloodshot eyes; red-eye; red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
Imperial countenance; face of the Emperor
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
seven (long cylindrical things)
to fire (from a job); to sack; to dismiss
movement (of the body); action; bearing; carriage; operation (of a machine, software, etc.); running
slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
stabbing through; plunging into; sticking right into; sinking into (mud, water, etc.)
(sink) deeply (into mud, snow, etc.); (thrust) deeply (into a soft object); (involved) too deeply (in a matter, relationship, etc.); drenched; soaked; (arch.) extremely (drunk)
mimicry; mimesis; camouflage
eight-tenths; ostracism; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
section; cross section; profile
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
meat soup; bouillon; juices (from grilled meat); gravy
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
diagonally; obliquely; slantingly; slantwise
spinal fluid; cerebrospinal fluid; brains; intelligence
this and that; one thing or another
the whole day; all the day