stale; hackneyed; cliched
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to shine brilliantly; to shine radiantly
dam; weir; barrier; sluice
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
directly opposite; right in front
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
one by one; one each; one at a time
one flower; one wheel; (arch.) full moon
to talk to oneself; to mutter
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)