to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
safe, easy childbirth; guardian bodhisattva, buddha or deity of children or childbirth (esp. Ksitigarbha or Avalokitesvara)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
not necessarily so; is not always true
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
name; given name; first name
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
knowing; (an) acquaintance
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
criminal nature; criminality
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
considerably; greatly; a lot
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
mass communication; mass media
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
during imprisonment; while in jail
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all