sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
pressure; oppression; suppression
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
the whole company; the party; attendance (at a gathering); presence; banquet; dinner; troupe
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to say no more; to sink into silence
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
it's not like; it isn't as if
to be silent; to say nothing
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
living off (a person); sponging off; parasitism
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
in the hand; (something) easily manipulated
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
although I say; although one might say; although called
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding