discussion; deliberation; consideration; investigation (into a suspect); inquiry; enquiry
initiative; prior consideration
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
meaning; significance; sense
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
infection; contagion; becoming infected
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
10th month of the lunisolar calendar (traditional first month of winter, approx. November); late autumn; late fall
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
innocent; cherubic; childlike
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
contrast; antithesis; comparison
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
godparent; first person to give something its name
easily; effortlessly; changing completely; plink (sound of something light falling or rolling)
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you