sudden change; complete change
scum of society; good-for-nothing; vermin
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
comparatively; quite; rather
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
politics of fear; terrorism; reign of terror (esp. in the French revolution)
jujube (Ziziphus jujube); Chinese date; red date; small tea caddy (tea ceremony)
omen (usu. good); (auspicious) sign; first two anniversaries of a person's death
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
cutting an alcoholic beverage (usu. whisky or shōchū); diluting an alcoholic beverage; cut drink; diluted drink; watered-down drink
being addicted to; being wholly absorbed by; falling ill; becoming sick
panting; gasping; heavy breathing
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition
scriptwriter; playwright; scenario writer
blank space; margin; blank canvas
to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); (arch.) horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer
groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen
to be twisted; to be wrapped; to be distorted
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy