displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
conviction; belief; confidence
people; men and women; each person; everybody
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
editor (in publishing, etc.)
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest