failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting
contrivance; bit of fiddling; little ingenuity; bit more (e.g. food)
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
perfect; just right; ideal
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to invite in; to show someone in
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window
to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship
nothing but; none other than
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to fold in two; to fold in half; to double up
letter breaking off with someone; Dear John letter
reconciliation (with one's spouse, adopted child, etc.)
the above sentence; the foregoing remark; preamble (to a statute, constitution, etc.); opening part of a letter (used for season's greetings, asking after someone's health, etc.)
enumeration; citation; listing
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting