come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to press a question; to cross-examine
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
hot (to the touch); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; hush money
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
social status; social position; social standing
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
carefully; closely; very; extremely; have no choice; cannot be helped
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
flesh-and-blood; human; warm; compassionate; (lit.) blood-circulating
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary