polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
gesture; gesticulation; motion
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
fold; crease; pleat; manners; courtesy; responsible behavior (behaviour)
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
host and guest; principal and auxiliary; subject and object (philosophical); subject and object
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
to take; to catch; to capture
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
producer's price; PP; polypropylene; PP
previous writing; first of two books; previous letter
incident; affair; happening; event
to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate
police officer; policeman; constable
lecturer; rhetorician; orator; narrator in Japanese silent cinema; film interpreter
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
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
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)
genius; prodigy; natural gift
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
looking aside; (from the) eyes of an onlooker
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one