colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
set meal; special (of the day)
bento; Japanese box lunch
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
alone; by oneself; on one's own
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis); jade (gem); beautiful lustrous colour similar to that of the kingfisher's feathers
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful