request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
reimbursement; compensation; reparation; indemnity
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
not; nonexistent; not being (there)
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
Sui dynasty (China, 581-618)
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
out of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
how long; how far; how much
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
after a long time; for the first time in a while
inside; interior; inner part
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over