cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
extremely busy; (lit.) wanting even the help of a cat
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
ratio; proportion; percentage
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
occasional; infrequent; rare
portable painting used as part of the backdrop (in kabuki, etc.)
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
as many (people) as possible
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to need; to call for; to require
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; oblivious to the convenience of others
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
decorative lights; illumination
catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus); (arch.) earthquake
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)