expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
meaning; significance; sense
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
ditch; drain; gutter; trench
god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
preliminary arrangements; spade work
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission
much less; to say nothing of
to think of; to come up with
alone; by oneself; on one's own
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
flight; desertion; escape
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count