to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
good humour (humor); good mood
withering of vegetation in winter; winter decay; winter-blight; bleakness of winter; business slump in winter (esp. in February)
wind blowing down from mountains
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
address (of a home, business, etc.); residence; domicile
strong pressure; heavy pressure
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
end; close; conclusion; termination
unexpectedly; surprisingly
wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
crescent moon; young moon
clear; translucent; brilliant; sweetly ringing (as the tinklings of jade)
sentimental; mushy; saccharine; sickly-sweet; sugary
sentiment; sentimentality
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
to choose (and take); to select; to pick (out)
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
road approaching a shrine
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
traffic light; traffic signal; signal (mechanism); semaphore (apparatus)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
fallen leaves; leaf litter; leaf fall; dropping leaves; deciduous