to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
for today; for the time being
the other day; lately; recently
pension (Western-style boardinghouse)
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
action of making something; -ification
sign; indication; omen; symptom
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
instant; moment; for an instant
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)