messenger; envoy; emissary
to squash; to crush; to flatten
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
happy; cheerful; pleasant
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
large amount of money; great cost
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
faint breath; dying whisper; at death's door
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
function; facility; faculty; feature
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to take back; to recapture
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection