character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
hills and fields; hill and dale
slope; inclination; tendency; trend; slope (of a linear function)
moment by moment; hour by hour
unexpectedly; surprisingly
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
one's frame of mind; way one looks at things
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
to read the situation; to sense the mood
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
inspection; examination; checking
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
wind-swept; exposed to the wind
concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
beforehand; in advance; previously
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
identification papers; ID
the five Confucian filial-piety relationships
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted