setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to be (too) late getting married; to be (too) late going somewhere
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
had better ...; had better not ...
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
(not) even when using ...; (not) even with the help of ...; (not) even by ...
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
story; tale; talk; discussion
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
cannot be compared with; no match for
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
long; drawn-out; very long
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
quagmire; sludge; mud; slush; mire
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
to slim down; to lose weight
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink