to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
ten; 10; ten years of age
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
unexpected meeting; coincidence
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
close; intimate; on good terms
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
arrow with a whistle attached; whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
suffix for familiar person
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
jokingly; in the form of a joke
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
courting; wooing; making advances
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken