noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
largish; biggish; on the large side; slightly larger; a little larger
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
I; me; myself; (arch.) we; (arch.) us; (arch.) ourselves
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
by means of; due to; because of; according to
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to be damaged; to receive damage
stickily; glutinously; persistently; insistently; tenaciously
with a whack; with a smack; (answering a question) directly; definitively
really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely
deep regret; bitter disappointment; chagrin; vexation
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
wet and glistening; slimy; slippery
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
housemaster; resident advisor; houseparent; housefather; housemother; dorm parent
to become better; to improve
justice; fairness; impartiality
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn