seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
no, not like that (but like this)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to face; to go towards; to head towards
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
just because; even if; even though
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
form; shape; figure; visage
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
memories; recollections; reminiscence
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
selection; choice; picking out
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
to dig up; to expose; to disclose