vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
to let out a cry; to shout
vocalization; vocalisation
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
dull; slow; stupid; dull-brained
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
receipt; cash-register slip
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to rampage; to run wild; to go berserk; to be violent (waves, wind, etc.); to be rough
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
though; notwithstanding; although
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
scene; spectacle; sight; view
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
with a start; with a jump
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
one eye; one of one's eyes
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)