mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)
number two; mistress; concubine
substitute article; back-up
to have sex; to have a physical relationship
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
to help each other; to cooperate
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
to get stuck in; to be mired in; to be addicted to
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
to settle a matter; to get even with someone
busybody; meddler; nosey parker
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
to subsist; to keep on living
sooner or later; in due time; in due course
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
Manchu-Han Imperial Feast; three-day feast of Chinese delicacies held during the Qing dynasty
favourable wind; favorable wind
recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
classbook; yearbook; graduation album
out of focus; off the point
portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face
counter for doses of medicine, etc.
school grades; academic results
important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination
to do over; to remake; to resume
to become desperate; to give in to despair
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
to frame; to falsely accuse of a crime
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
depending largely on; playing a large role in; due largely to
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
personal history; curriculum vitae; resume
improper; inappropriate; unjust; unfair; unreasonable