to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
marriageable age; chance of marriage
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
chief vassal; senior statesman
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to quit; to resign; to decline; to turn down
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
meaningless words; words that make no sense
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
Japanese person; Japanese people
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
retreating figure; appearance from behind
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline