to imitate; to follow; to emulate
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to keep away; to keep at a distance
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
surname; family name; last name
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
sympathy; compassion; pity
comfort; consolation; diversion
it is I who should say so
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
black tinge; black colour; black color; (arch.) black part; (arch.) dark spot
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse