to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
service business (hotels, restaurants, etc.); service industry; hospitality industry
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)
opening a new store; opening a new branch; setting up a stall (at a festival, trade fair, etc.); setting up a booth; exhibiting
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
temporary; transitory; short-lived
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
poisonous substance; toxic substance; poison
quick change (of costume); quick transformation; turning suddenly into; (sudden) metamorphosis
very much; very many; more and more
long time; several hours; long spell
play; recreation; playing (a sport); play; playing (a musical instrument); musical performance; play (theatrical performance)
to attract attention; to come into the limelight
matter of hit-and-miss; mix of success and failure; variation (in quality, returns, etc.)
just because; even if; even though
(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
mixed bag; mixture of good and bad; jumble of wheat and chaff; (lit.) mixture of precious gems and common rocks
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
buying and eating sweets (esp. of children); between-meal snacking
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
pupil (of the eye); one's eyes
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
eye color; eye colour; expression (of the eyes); look; countenance
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword