living thing; living creature; animal; life
kindness (shown by others); courtesy; favor; favour; good offices
(and) then; and; thereupon; in that case; then; so
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
box of sweets (usu. given as a gift)
getting carried away; going too far; overdoing
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
four times; four-colour process printing; CMYK printing
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
practice; practising; training; study
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival; mid-year gift; summer gift; Bon Festival gifts
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
seeing someone off and later welcoming them back; taking someone to and fro
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
whatever (the case may be)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
blast it!; bloody hell!; by thunder!; you bastard!; god damn you!; motherfucker!
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
ding-dong (of a doorbell, intercom, etc.); doorbell; intercom; ding ding ding!; correct!
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)