ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana)
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
foolishness; stupidity; silliness
swan (Cygnus spp.); white bird
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
rough-hewn; incomplete; unrefined; still in the process of being formed
needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
union; joining; conjugation
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
one wing; (a) role; (a) part
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
valley; ravine; gorge; canyon
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
promising without due consideration
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
should do; ought to do; must do
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
cannot help (feeling); unbearably; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
sealing (something) inside; enclosing (with a letter, etc.)
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
powerless; weak; lacking physical strength; incompetent; lacking ability; powerless
to rampage; to run wild; to run amok; to rage (of a storm, waves, etc.); to be wild (of the wind); to be rough
inhalation (of air); inhaled air; intake (e.g. of air)
container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder
flour; meal; powder; heroin