joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
appearance; figure; shape; form
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
carrying (child) under arm
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
(animal) collar; necklace; choker
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
existence; possession; having; limited company
danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to chase; to run after; to pursue
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
moisture; humidity; dampness