joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
partly burned charcoal; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
(sleeping) peacefully; quietly; soundly
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
old maid (card game); living without one's mother-in-law
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat