heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
done; just done; just finished
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
assistant (esp. in show business or sumo); attendant; chaperon
(molecular) chaperone; doping control officer; chaperone; official who collects samples from athletes for drug testing
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
I see; that's right; indeed
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
reception room; parlor; parlour
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
schedule; program; programme; agenda
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
newsworthiness; news hook; topicality; popularity (of a topic, issue, etc.)
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
(political) power; authority; influence
influence; clout; leverage
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to compete with; to vie for
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
family; members of a family