cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
difficult to ...; hard to ...
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
letter; missive; note; mail
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
besides; in addition; also; moreover
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
at first; in the beginning; originally
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
after a long time; for the first time in a while
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long