collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
success; prosperity; boom
great difference; big difference; wide margin
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
check; restraint; oppression; suppression
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
to jaunt around; to play around; to visit one place after another without effect
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills
I, as a mere priest; this humble servant of Buddha
immorality; injustice; adultery; infidelity; (arch.) murdering one's teacher or a government official
chicken skin (e.g. in cooking); bird skins
national border; provincial border
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
to manage; to settle; to dispose of; to deal with; to arrange
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
leader; authority; mainstay
signature; signing; sealing
various countries; various regions; various provinces
to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
(not) so much; (not) that much
who on earth; just exactly who; who the heck
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
long ago; already; a long time ago
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
stingily; tightfistedly; in a miserly manner; naggingly
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment