lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
regular train; local train; train that stops at every station
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
realistic; graphic; true to life
lack of individuality or personality
workshop; studio; atelier
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
depiction; description; portrayal
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
brushwork; handling of one's brush; command of one's pen; penmanship
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
pregnancy; conception; gestation
fixed date; appointed day
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
post-exam vacation; time off from school after end-of-term tests
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)