to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to be helpful; to be useful
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to jump at; to be attracted by
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
personal; individual; private
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to leave the nest; to go out into the world; to become independent (of one's parents); to graduate (and become a member of society)
mulberry field; mulberry plantation
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
way (of doing); manner; method; means
simply (cannot); definitely (cannot); absolutely (cannot); by no means
very young; little; childish; immature
sentiment; sentimentality
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
to check; to stop; to keep back
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness
comfort; consolation; diversion
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to begin to rain; to begin to snow