molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak
prefab; prefabricated house
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
proper; respectable; decent; honest
portion; part; snapshot; glimpse
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
distinction; favoritism; favouritism; discrimination
feeling of envy; jealous feeling
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
self control; self restraint
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
to beat (e.g. eggs); to whip (e.g. cream); to whisk; to lather
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); woman who works in an adult entertainment business; demimondaine; prostitute
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliche; frequently used musical (guitar) phrase
same generation; one's generation