flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
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
match; game; bout; contest
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
genuine article; real thing; real deal
changing clothes; change of clothes
the other day; some time ago; recently
twenty years of age; youth; early age; tender age of ...
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to look up to (a person) as one's preceptor
duty; function; office; mission; task
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
tea plantation; tea field
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
self-consciousness; self-awareness
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
face; looks; vestiges; trace
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred