giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to watch over; to keep watch over; to keep an eye on; to watch intently; to stare; to gaze
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped
state secrets; secrets of the state
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly
is that so?; I see; right; oh
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse; correspondence; balance; miai; two different options such that if one player takes one, the other player can take the other
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
with a snap; with a bang; with a plonk; suddenly; all of a sudden
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo
with a start; with a jump
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
to jump back; to leap back; to jump aside; to jump out of the way
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
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
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
the whole day; all the day
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
outsider; someone outside of a group
I doubt it (card game); cheat; bluff; I doubt that; no way; you're fibbing
to let out a cry; to break forth
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
prohibition; inhibition; ban
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many