this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
in this way; thus; such; uh...
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
instant; moment; for an instant
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to change clothes (on someone else, e.g. child, doll); to change the wallpaper or skin (of a smart phone, etc.)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
white of the eye; cold, unwelcoming eyes
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
softly; mildly; gently; politely
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
target group; target persons
grasp; catch; understanding
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to look around; to survey
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)