avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
to press a question; to cross-examine
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
to have an eye on; to zero in on
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
royalty and titled nobility
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
waste of labor or energy; waste of labour; vain effort