sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to crack (person's voice); to squeak
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
student in a lower grade; underclassman
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
cutting (cloth, paper); judgement; judgment; decision
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
difficult to ...; hard to ...
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
just a minute; small quantity
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much