humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to become better; to improve
futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate
question; inquiry; enquiry
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to be too numerous; to be too much
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
speech; expression; wording; language
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
directions; instructions; orders; command
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper
(not) even once; (not) ever
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
alone; by oneself; on one's own