boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
master; teacher; stable master
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
raindrops (dripping from eaves, branches, etc.); exclamation point; exclamation mark
Sanzu River (Japanese Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx); River of Three Crossings
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
calamity; misfortune; disaster
to await; to wait for; to expect
with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
roll; rolling up; (bread) roll; roller; roll (of a ship, aircraft, etc.); roll film
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
2nd day of the month; two days
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
upward glance; upturned eyes
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
scuttling (to escape in a panic, in shame, etc.); scurrying; scrambling
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
temporary fastening; temporary fixing in place
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
trash can; garbage can; rubbish bin; dustbin
peeling off (adhesive tape, wallpaper, etc.); pulling apart (Velcro)
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol