being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
willpower; faith; telekinesis; psychokinesis
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
corpulence; fatness; obesity
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
clan; partisans; participation (e.g. in a plot); one flavour; one charm; one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine)
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
laughing off; dismissing with a laugh
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
feeling one gets from listening to something
to be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something); to lose patience
(arch.) a weight; temple supervisor; town (of China)
(arch.) lowly person; (arch.) lowliness; I
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
to pull in (fish); to land
frantically; maddeningly; to distraction
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reaping what you sow
to speak as though something were actually the case; to smooth over; to give the impression that; to make it sound that
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
competing; competition; auction
humanity; sidewalk; footpath; human realm
treacherous; heinous; treasonous; atrocious
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
past example serving as a warning
spoiled fun; loss of interest; damper (e.g. on the party); wet blanket; turn-off