dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
question; inquiry; enquiry
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
to hide; to keep to oneself
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
outward appearance; apparent
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
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 show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern