towering; astonishingly high
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
pale; pallid; bluish-white
to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
steady; sound; reliable; solid
interference; meddling; butting in
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
curiosity-seeking; bizarre (crime, etc.); grotesque; abnormal
embodiment; realization; materialization
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
acceleration; speeding up
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
two-digit number; "tens" column; two digits; double figures
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun