adding points; addition of marks and symbols to a classical Chinese text to aid reading in Japanese
enlightening; deep; meaningful; profound; subtle; rich in nuance
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
newspaper reporter; print journalist
after the end (of something); post-
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
peerless; matchless; unrivaled; unrivalled; unequaled; unequalled
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
woman of unmatched beauty; beauty like no other
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
proportions (esp. body proportions); proportionate width; ratio
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
along the road; at the side of the road
disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing
beautiful woman; beauty; belle
unable to take one's eyes off of something; having to keep a watchful eye on
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
construction; establishment
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
affected (appearance, attitude); stuck up; pompous; self-loving
arrival of goods; goods received
source of protein; protein source
local procurement; local content; sourcing locally
to be absorbed in reading
one mountain; pile (of something); heap; hump; worst part; large profit
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
entrails; giblets; guts; internal organs
expiry date (esp. on food); expiration date; use-by date
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty