to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
severe; strict; tough; hard
planning; project; plan; design
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
winter vacation; winter holidays
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
broken piece; below (a certain level, point, quantity, etc.); dropping below; illegal downloading and distribution of commercial software; warez
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
to span; to bridge; to cross; to straddle
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)