careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
pair; the two; both persons; both things
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
ardent; passionate; vehement
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.)
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
guest of honour; guest of honor; privileged guest; visitor
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation
the opposite sex; isomerism
to turn towards; to point
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
choices; alternatives; options