beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
storage capacity; memory capacity
to feign ignorance; to evade one's responsibilities
flying; false start; doing something before the arranged time; breaking a street date
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
way of speaking; intimation
planning; project; plan; design
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
spectrum (radio, etc.); spectral; spectra
spectroscope; spectrograph
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
penalty; sentence; punishment
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
calling by name; designation; nomination
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
Bon festival; Feast of Lanterns; Buddhist ceremony held on July 15; ullambana
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
no, not like that (but like this)