follower; attendant; valet; servant
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
large-scale work; voluminous work; monumental work; great work; masterpiece
work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of
planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
smiling while looking at; enjoying reading
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
cover; mantle; shroud; hood
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to give a round of applause; to applaud
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)