regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
to miss a chance to do; to fail to do
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
to become sullen; to sulk; to get angry; to peel (off); to come off
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
marriage proposal; courtship
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
to make out; to neck; to canoodle; to fondle each other; to flirt (with)
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
both (people); the two of them
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
self-control; self-restraint
to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows
to change places (with); to be replaced (with, by); to be changed; to change (seats, shifts, etc.; with someone); to switch; to exchange
on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting); probe; probing move
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
military force; military strength
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
settlement; solution; resolution
serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
final; eventual; ultimate
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)