cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
serious; not joking; straight
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
please; somehow or other; one way or another
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
mumbling; muttering; complaining (continuously) about something
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost