paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
itching-to-grab gesture (made with one's hands)
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to look around; to survey
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
locker room; changing room; dressing room
understood; I see; OK; present; here
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
with a burst of strength; rapidly; in one go
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
difficult to ...; hard to ...
vice president (of a club or organization, organisation)
to begin to walk; to set out
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)