speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
secret; hidden; unseen; inward
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
incommunicative; taciturn
final; eventual; ultimate
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
January; first month of the lunar calendar
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
(short) rest; breather; break
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
(with a) click (e.g. camera shutter); (with a) snap
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
number; number plate; license plate
dial (e.g. telephone, radio, clock, gauge)
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
one; same (mind, path, etc.)
Japanese-style writing desk
stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously