asleep (in bed); sick in bed
one's long-cherished desire
to be scattered around; to be all over the place
charming; fascinating; voluptuous
to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to refuse to do; to be unable to do
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
androgynous; hermaphroditic
it's probably so; it stands to reason
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
on the occasion of; at the time of
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
biological child; one's own child
to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
first person to say something; first person to suggest something
named after; associated with; connected with
heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object
winter vegetables; winter greens; tang cai
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
equivalence; equal value; parity; (logical) equivalence
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a printing type)
fortune-telling; divination
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
doing ... until one goes bankrupt; doing ... until one goes broke; falling short of (one's reputation); failing to live up to (one's appearance); falling through (e.g. of a plan)
kanji (as opposed to kana); printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; real name
aforementioned; above-mentioned
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
to distort; to strain (interpretation); to force (meaning)
an honest man; a good citizen
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
custom; made or built to order; customs (government agency)
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
preparatory phase; preparatory period
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law