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sum; harmony, peace; Japan, Japanese-style

apology

straw

methodical, precise, meticulous, scrupulous, regular, punctual; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it

to blame, to reproach, to censure, to rebuke, to reprove, to find fault, to take to task, to criticize, to criticise; to question (a suspect), to challenge; to aggravate (an injury), to be aggravated, to get inflamed; to prick (one's conscience)

to mutter, to murmur, to grumble; to tweet, to post on Twitter

beak, bill

large number, innumerable, great many, immense, vast, abundant

to treat (someone) to (something), to give (someone) a treat, to buy (someone a meal, drink, etc.); to be extravagant, to live in luxury

euphemistic, circumlocutory, periphrastic, roundabout, indirect

to disagree, to dispute, to fight (over)

cage, pen, (jail) cell

gloomy (e.g. mood), depressing; irritating, troublesome; heavy (weather), cloudy

to dress stylishly; to joke, to play on words

to run (of liquid), to spread, to bleed, to blot; to blur, to blot, to be blurred; to ooze, to well up (of tears, etc.); to show through (of feelings, emotions, etc.), to reveal itself

gorgeous, gaudy, dazzling, gay, resplendent

to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.), to tower, to soar

to lick, to lap, to suck; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate, to make light of, to look down on (someone), to make a fool of, to treat with contempt, to disparage; to lick (at; of flames), to burn

to speak ill of, to disparage

heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)

discipline, training, teaching manners