to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
cheap lodging or flophouse, especially in a skid row area or slum
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
(getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
word for word; verbatim; a single word and a single phrase
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
invitation; introduction; temptation
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
perfect; complete; flawless
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
macrocosmos; macrocosm; the universe; the cosmos
unrequited love; one-sided love
to continue to do; to persist in doing
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
birth; creation; formation
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear