standing signboard; billboard; hoarding
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
invisibly; secretly; privately
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
trio; gang of three; threesome
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
big fan (of something or someone); great fan
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
after a long time; for the first time in a while
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
to leave (a scene); to step away
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
to become settled; to be fixed
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
interference; intervention; meddling
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
impossibly hard video game
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations