please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
serious reflection; soul-searching; penitence
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
even if ...; even supposing that ...
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
so-and-so; who?; which people?
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
much less; to say nothing of
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
killing and wounding; bloodshed
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to be reminded of; to call to mind