to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
smoothly; easily; readily
to like too much; to like to excess; to adore
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to read (a book, etc.) over again
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to flub (one's lines); to be flustered; to be confused; to bungle; to mess up
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
together; at the same time; same; identical
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
having an immediate effect; taking immediate effect
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
handling things like an adult; behaving like a mature grown-up
piling shame on top of shame
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
technique; art; skill; move
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention