achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
settlement; solution; resolution
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
desperation; struggle to the death
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
conjunctive particle indicating a cause or reason
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
future (usually near); prospects
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to backfire; to have a harmful result
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
how long; how much; to what extent
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so