half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
what time; (lit.) which hour
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
biological parent; real parent
second marriage; remarriage
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
resentment; indignation; anger
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
unconditionally; as a rule
therefore; for that reason; so; because of that
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
founder of a religious sect
(to be ashamed enough) to wish you could just disappear; wanting to sink into the ground in shame
new book; 17x11 cm paperback book
error; mistake; slip; bug
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
relationships with the opposite sex