ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
have it your way; to hell with you!; get rooted!; bugger you!
losing weight; slimming; lean person
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth); to clean out (ears)
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to be cold (to); to ignore (someone)
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to get back together (with a former partner)
10th month of the lunisolar calendar (traditional first month of winter, approx. November); late autumn; late fall
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite
secret; private; surreptitious
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
(bank) president; greenroom manager (in a theater)
(another's) daughter; young lady
to flare up; to fly into a rage
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
contraband; taboo; strictly forbidden
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
one's fate (fortune) as concerns marriage
discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)