scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
appearance; air; condition; state; form
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
clear; translucent; brilliant; sweetly ringing (as the tinklings of jade)
about; concerning; related to; -ish
to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned
to approve (of); to be in favor of; to be in favour of
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
destroy a country, but its mountains and rivers remain; the land outlasts the king
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); mysterious person; person of unknown character
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
postponement; deferment; adjournment
being absorbed in reading
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
don't let your guard down; carelessness is the great enemy; danger comes soonest when it is despised
weather; climate; disposition; temperament
wealth; riches; affluence; opulence
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
early on; earlier on; from early
five-family unit; five-man group; quintet
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat