tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
hateful; detestable; loathsome
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
temporal region; regio temporalis (capitis)
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
euphemism; euphemistic expression
expression; presentation; representation; notation
quotation; citation; reference
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
this and that; one thing or another
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
a certain someone; Mr So-and-so
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
writing; composition; essay; sentence
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
I see; that's right; indeed
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar