very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to people
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
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manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
bento; Japanese box lunch
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
to cross (each other); to pass (each other); to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by; to have a misunderstanding; to go awry
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
to call in; to invite; to bring in
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
seven colours (of the rainbow); prismatic colors; blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.)
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
squall; skoal; skol; cheers
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
to shine; to glitter; to be bright