immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned
alteration; falsification; faking
endless argument; pointless argument; fruitless dispute; futile discussion; (lit.) argument over whose field to water (during a drought)
eloquence or flattery designed to deceive
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
having gone too far to turn back
young girl; lass; adolescent female
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
to hand over; to turn over; to cede
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
lineage; pedigree; family line
virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith
farfetched (argument, opinion); forced (sense, view); strained (interpretation); distorted
this and that; one thing or another; something or other; and whatnot; and the rest
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
to take; to catch; to capture
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
leader; authority; mainstay
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story