triangle; triangular shape
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
warp; curvature; curve; arch
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
muffler (often fur); scarf; comforter
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to remove; to clear away; to except from; to make an exception of; to lay aside; to set aside
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
no!; no no!; no, not at all
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to be worried; to be troubled
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
top of the head; crown of the head
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
snub nose; pug nose; button-shaped nose; bulbous nose; cauliflower-shaped nose
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern