to close (one's eyes); to shut
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
to go together; to go in company (with); to go along (with)
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
beauty or ugliness; personal appearance; looks
unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
opening a new store; opening a new branch; setting up a stall (at a festival, trade fair, etc.); setting up a booth; exhibiting
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
otherwise; or else; if not
to resign oneself (to); to reconcile oneself (to); to accept (e.g. defeat); to give up
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
comparison; something worthy of comparison
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
dangling; swaying; (walking) leisurely; aimlessly; idly; lazily
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
guardian; protector; patron; parent
to throw one's weight around; to be puffed up
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
to wipe off; to wipe out; to expunge
exactly alike (in appearance); like two peas in a pod; (practically) identical; spitting image (of); carbon copy (of)
protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval
glamorous; charming; fascinatingly elegant; lovely; gorgeous; beguiling
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
easy to see; easy to read; easy to understand; (arch.) easy to look at; (arch.) attractive
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
chattering; chit-chat; (ladies) prattle
taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth