weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
erasure; deletion; elimination (of variables); extinction
memory; memory; recollection; remembrance
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to be infected; to be contagious
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
height (of a person); stature
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
hooting; jeering; heckling
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
head; brains; intellect; understanding
diligent; hard-working; industrious
calling (someone a thief, coward, etc.); branding (as); denouncing
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student; behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
great shame (endured in the public eye); deep embarrassment; profound humiliation; utter disgrace
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
taking a breath (while singing, swimming, etc.); short break; breather
cough cough; with a (wet) cough; violently (coughing)
compressed gas cylinder; aerosol spray can
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
to be discouraged; to shrink from
competitive swimming; swimming race
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
Earth Horse (55th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1918, 1978, 2038)
straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
show; display; pretensions; pose; posture
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
main point; essential point; important thing; necessity; need; requirement