to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
to talk (a person) down; to confute
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to continue to do; to persist in doing
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to smile (at); to grin (at)
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
beyond this point; from now on; after this
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
temporary; ad hoc; makeshift; stopgap
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
wherein; therein; thereinto
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
name of a piece of music; (musical) number; (musical) program; programme; selection (of music)
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
way out; means to escape; escape route
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
near; close; beside; third person
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only