contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
covered in mud; mud-caked
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to be torn off; to come off
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
to go out and away; to leave
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
such; like that; in that way