red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
tow truck; recovery vehicle; breakdown lorry; wrecker
old clothes; worn-out clothes; cast-off clothes
asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
to distinguish in writing; to use different writing styles; to draw (identifiably)
first line (of a poem); first bars (of a melody)
to know personally; to have personal knowledge of
something or other; somehow
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
food crisis; food-supply crisis
range of use; range of application; range of applications; scope (of a document)
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
the four classical chemical elements (fire, earth, air and water)
to make a person sweat for it
what's that?; what the...
being in a hazy state; being only half conscious; feeling dopey
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
at the height (peak) of one's popularity
Chinese (lineage, ancestry, ethnicity, etc.); Sino-
tending to find things bothersome; person who tends to find things bothersome
to remove; to clear away; to except from; to make an exception of; to lay aside; to set aside
kanji "fire" radical at bottom (radical 86)