learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
audacious; daring; bold; throaty (voice); rough; deep
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
waist; girth; measurement around waist
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to protrude
journal; magazine; periodical
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
unsuitable; inappropriate; improper
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
registration; accession; register; entry; record
to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
to happen to pass by; to pass by
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
taking care of one's health; recuperation; covering (with a protective material); coating; curing (concrete)
assistance; backing; reinforcements
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
around the neck; neck size (measurement)
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
courteous; decorous; polite
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram