to summon courage; to be brave
sorry; excuse me; thank you
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
professor; teaching; instruction
university hospital; teaching hospital
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
trouble; bother; annoyance
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to apologize; to apologise
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
older sister; lass; young lady
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to be conspicuous; to stand out
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry