attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to hide; to keep to oneself
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
the same rank; equality; apposition
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
light (e.g. colour, color)
the whole day; all the day
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
wherein; therein; thereinto
to get help; to enlist aid
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
malicious; deliberately mean
to make merry; to be festive
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to make one's rounds; to patrol
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
toughened glass; tempered glass
crack; fissure; rift; split; chaps; skin fissure
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
imagination; supposition; guess
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
flash (of light); glint; schiller
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all