gargling; rinsing one's mouth
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
creating a (usually favorable) environment
visitor to a sick or distressed person; hospital visitor; inquirer
wintertime; winter season
follow-up report; further news
corpulence; fatness; obesity
fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
chubby chaser; person attracted to overweight people
three; three years of age
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
hate; hate crime; hate speech; racism
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
south entrance; south exit
doubting; questioning; being skeptical (of)
many; numerous; various; large number of
having an immediate effect; taking immediate effect
circulation; dissemination
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
reformatory; juvenile training school; reform school; youth detention center (centre)
no holds barred; anything goes; no limits
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
to apologize sincerely; to apologise sincerely
getting nowhere; becoming uncontrollable; getting out of hand; remaining unsatisfied
decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp