heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
loose (of clothing); baggy; flabby; saggy; sloshing; slopping
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong); to swipe; to nick; to pilfer
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
garden shrubs; trees; potted plant
Ardisia crenata; coralberry
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
article; thing; object; property; real estate
outer surface; outward appearance; outside; outside; outer; outward
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
contact; touch; tactile object; uncleanliness
retention; maintenance; preservation
to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee
to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
basket clam (Corbiculidae spp.); freshwater clam; freshwater mussel
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
old soldier; veteran; old hand
rosary; string of prayer beads
Chloranthus serratus (species of flowering plant)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to take advantage of an opportunity
after a long time; for the first time in a while
hairdresser; hairdressing
to have one's hair cut; to cut one's hair