unmarried person; bachelor; spinster
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of
generally; in the main; briefly (look over, explain, etc.); roughly; more or less
to think over; to ponder; to ruminate; to reflect
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around
packing; packaging; face mask; face pack; puck
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
lower region; lower part; region below
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
behind; in the rear; in back
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
woman who has given birth
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
crushed stone; macadam; crushing (rock)
nether region; between the legs; groin; crotch
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
place; situation; position; location
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain
action; behavior; behaviour; (arch.) recommendation (of a person for a position)
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience