appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
to examine someone's expression
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
to shake; to sway; to waver
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
of course; certainly; naturally
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
any more; any further; any better; any longer
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
opposite side; opposition
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
single eye; one eye; single lens; simple eye; ocellus
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
parts; accessories; components
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
since one was born; (in) all one's life
(not) even once; (not) ever
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when