scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
gleaming; shining; glistening
one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother
foster mother; adoptive mother
historical event; ancient event; tradition; folklore; legend
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
light; lamp; baiting deer with a lighted torch
burning with curiosity; curious
white lie; harmless lie; fib
social phobia; chronic shyness; social anxiety disorder; stage fright
being extremely bad or uncomfortable (at or with something); having a dread (of something)
opportunity to show off; showplace
to correct cutting; to reshuffle (playing cards)
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
shout of victory; cry of triumph
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
to get flustered; to get flurried; to get agitated; to become impatient; to hurry
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
hail (esp. hailballs 5 mm or greater)
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
complete lie; outright lie
makimono; handscroll; roll of cloth (for making a kimono); scarf; stole; makizushi
oversized (clothing); baggy; rolling in (of money); (profiting) greatly; sloshing (e.g. of water); gushing
dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)
exception; supernumerary; extra (e.g. performance, item, object, etc.); additional; outsize
roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home
dancing or jumping for joy
take the opportunity to (do something else)
amplitude; (degree of) instability; volatility; fluctuation
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
starting point; point of departure