clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
to walk away; to saunter off
to paste; to stick on with glue; to starch (e.g. a shirt); to scrape a living
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
optimism; taking an optimistic view
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
declaration of war; proclamation of war
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
point in common; common feature
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
The Pillow Book (by Sei Shonagon)
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
almighty; highest valued card (e.g. ace of spades); wild card
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
to gesture to come closer; to beckon; to call; to summon
Sei Shonagon (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
to be overwhelmed; to be overawed
no holds barred; anything goes; no limits
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
tranquillity and peace; tranquility and peace; peaceful and uneventful
next volume (of a book, comic, etc.)