dignitaries; very important persons; VIPs
personage; person (deserving of respect)
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
enchanting melody; sweet tune
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
uncrowned; without rank; having no championship wins; receiving no (major) awards
unreality; becoming disconnected from reality
stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations); stele; stela
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
saber (cavalry sword); sabre
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
foundation stone; cornerstone
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
follower; attendant; valet; servant
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to keep an eye on; to keep a watchful eye on
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
going straight on; going straight ahead
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
to be ill; to suffer from; to worry about; to be concerned about; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
feeling of fellowship; fellow feeling
single-minded (esp. personality or person); one-track mind
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
groundless; entirely contrary to fact
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper
rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit