goodness; excellence; virtue
paid dating (esp. with an underage girl; oft. involving selling of sex); compensated dating
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
standard; basis; principle
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
stupid girl; stupid woman
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
prudent; thoughtful; discreet
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
end of work day; end of school term; end of school year
to bedaub (with paint); to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
small number; few; minority
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
expressing one's mind; speaking out
model; miniature; sample; specimen; prescribed form