to pair up; to form a pair; to mate; to copulate; (arch.) to fix (an arrow to the string); (arch.) to place outriders on the left and right
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
pair (esp. of mated animals); brace; couple; (anatomical) joint
single-minded; intent; determined; wholehearted; earnest; devoted (to)
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
verbal promise; one's word
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
to object; to protest; to speak; to say; (arch.) hello!; (arch.) is anyone home?
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
to (go into a) sulk; to get cranky; to get cross; to become perverse
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
to grow up; to become an adult
to recite; to chant; to read aloud
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
with a (cry of) "ah!"; with a shout (of surprise, shock, etc.); in surprise; in astonishment
to have sparkling eyes; to have shining eyes; to have a gleam in one's eyes
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
time; season; period; phase; stage
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
happy memory; sweet memory
one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); earnest; resolute; (arch.) one bloodline; (arch.) one clan
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge