wandering; roaming; drifting
(death from) starvation; starving to death
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
unsettled; uncertain; indefinite; indeterminate
ruined temple; abandoned temple; temple ruins; closing a temple
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to read to the end; to read through; to read from cover to cover
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off (workers)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
fixed time; regular time; scheduled time; fixed period; scheduled period
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
long time; several hours; long spell
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
to arouse someone's interest; to whet (appetite); to be appealing; to be intriguing; to be fascinating
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
rakshasa; man-eating demon in Hinduism and Buddhism
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after