face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
unreality; becoming disconnected from reality
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
fall of the curtain; last scene; end of act
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
to be transparent; to show through
naming; giving a name; designation; nominal
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
throw; throwing; throwing event
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
several people; some people; a few people; a number of people
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
fingering an object (in killing time); amusing oneself; diversion; gambling
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
power; authority; influence
wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
looking on from afar; being a spectator
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
with a crack; with a smash
all is well that ends well; it will all come good in the end; All's Well That Ends Well (play by Shakespeare)
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
to become completely chilled
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
meaningless words; words that make no sense