appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
meditation; contemplation
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
real intention; true motive; true meaning
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
to wail; to bawl; to cry loudly; to shout (while crying)
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
victim; injured party; sufferer
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
(large) parrot (incl. the cockatoo)
bad reputation; poor reception; unpopularity; disrepute
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully