seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
educational institution; school; academy; campus
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
guaranteed; authentic; certified
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape; to put up a front; to pose; to pretend
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to splash; to raise (e.g. prices)
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
late spring; third month of the lunar calendar
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
to fly around; to scatter