gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
cake served with tea; teacake
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
too much; excessively; too
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
drinker; person fond of alcohol (as opposed to sweets); person fond of spicy food
artificial feeding; accustoming wild animals to eating food given by humans
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to speak; to hear a voice
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
mooncake; disc-shaped confection of wheat-flour dough filled with bean paste, usu. eaten during Autumn in China
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
presence; sitting with; being with
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
forcibly; against one's will
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
considerably; fairly; quite
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
sleepwalking; somnambulism; noctambulism
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation