previous year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
serious; severe; grave; acute
pale; pallid; bluish-white
difficult to ...; hard to ...
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
well-known; famous; noted; popular; recognized
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to lay aside; to set aside
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
to drink up; to drain (cup)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing
to like too much; to like to excess; to adore
artificial feeding; accustoming wild animals to eating food given by humans
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend
another dimension; different level; whole other level
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
it's been a long time; long time no see
in case of; at that time; at this time