scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
close; intimate; on good terms
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
in the future; another day; later
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
to live through; to survive
in any way; to some extent; even if only a little
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
personal; individual; private
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
originally; by nature; from the start
to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
the opposite sex; isomerism
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; sexlessness; androgyny; neuter gender
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy