to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
inscrutable; unmeasurable; unpredictable
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to fire into; to shoot into
to be stiff; to be starchy
to be completely weakened; to be utterly exhausted; to be worn out; to be completely at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be greatly annoyed (by)
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)
prosperity; flourishing; success
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
slope; slanting surface; bevel
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
uphill task; difficult undertaking (project)
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
not yet known; unknown; strange
losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal
rustic; rude; vulgar; rough
congeniality; satisfaction; gratification; critical hit
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
to speak; to talk; to argue; to manage; to dispose of; to carry through
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
-less; lacking; non-existing
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
hostile; adversarial; antagonistic
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
instability; insecurity; crankiness
taking part (in planning); participation
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
remaining strength; surplus energy; reserve power; money to spare