compatibility; coexistence; standing together
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
time; season; period; phase; stage
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
image; figure; figure; form; image
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
now that; since; so long as; because
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
those (near the second person)
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
being a match for a thousand; being a mighty warrior (combatant, player)
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
to cheer; to jeer; to mock
desperately; for one's dear life
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
chief; main; principal; important
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)