well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
young girl; lass; adolescent female
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
extensive; vast range; wide scope
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
shaku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 ml; shaku; traditional unit of area, approx. 0.033 meters square
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
extinction; annihilation; destruction
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
throwaway; disposable; single-use
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to tighten; to press hard
to throw oneself (into an activity)
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
parting; separation; farewell
minimum; at the very least
to happen to have on hand or in stock
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
to attempt; to test; to try out
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage