serious; severe; grave; acute
stinging (pain); smarting; tingling
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
gesture; gesticulation; motion
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
feigned ignorance; pretending not to recognize (somebody); unconcerned air; indifference
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
ascetic; pilgrim; devotee
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
formal; stiff; pompous; stern; solemn; grave
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
distrust of (other) human beings
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
unimpressive; unimpressed
making one's way through life; conduct of one's life
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
body; physical system; (the) person
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
a lot; many; (not) much; (not) many; almost (none)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to grow in severity; to grow increasingly severe
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning