to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
prosperous; flourishing; thriving; muscular; brawny
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
process; course; mechanism
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
to rush over; to run up to
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
settlement; solution; resolution
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
attendance; presence; appearance
at the meeting; on the occasion
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
order; command; directions; instructions
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange