the same rank; equality; apposition
mischief; (child's) prank; (extramarital) affair
harmonious (couple, family, etc.); happy; affectionate; friendly; intimate
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
stern; grave; solemn; sobersided
grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix); private-sector scholar
love hotel; short-stay hotel used primarily for sexual activities
to add (e.g. a postscript)
to communicate with each other; to understand each other; to be mutually understood; to be connected
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
(cash) register; checkout (counter); cashier
with a plop; with a plonk; with a plunk; with a flop
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
cellophane tape; adhesive tape; Sellotape
to steal a glance (at); to look furtively (at); to take a peek (at)
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
at the window; by the window; next to the window
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
to approach; to draw near
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to show; to bare (the teeth)
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
astonished; stunned; startled out of one's wits; thunderstruck; open-eyed astonishment
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
educator; teacher; educationalist
to take action; to act; to rise (up); to rouse oneself
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
returning tit for tat; retaliating
to become dim; to become blurred
to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going