bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to press a question; to cross-examine
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to be worried; to be troubled
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
too much; excessively; too
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
final coat (of paint, plaster, varnish, etc.); finish; glazing; adding more of the same (of something negative, e.g. shame)
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
meaning; significance; sense
bar; measure; short pause (in writing); petty principles; minor details
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
guess; conjecture; surmise
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
to have stiff shoulders; to feel ill at ease; to feel uncomfortable; serious; sober
dashing around on a horse; running around; exerting oneself (for another)
with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
(one's) skin colour; skin color; skin tone; flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward