investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
first-rate; finest quality; the best
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
to half-rise to one's feet
to look around; to survey
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
in person; personally; (do) oneself
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
herbal tea; herb tea; tisane
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
fixed date; appointed day
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
present (brought by a visitor); gift
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
one thin flat object; one sheet