transverse flute (e.g. a fife)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to decline (e.g. of morals); to be lost; to go into decline (of a town, business, etc.)
scramble intersection; pedestrian scramble; X-crossing; diagonal crossing; intersection allowing pedestrians to cross simultaneously in any direction
hybrid; crossbreed; mongrel
stylistic beauty; beauty of form; beauty derived from refined style; established trope; beloved stock formula (in entertainment); time-honored routine
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
gliding (through the air)
to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one
pipe; tube; wind instrument; vessel; duct; counter for tube-shaped objects
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass
to grudge; to begrudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
upper floor (of a building)
departure; leaving; starting; standing
cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
artifice; wiles; trickery; art of a courtesan (esp. for seducing or deceiving customers); coquetry
verbalization; putting into words
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group; to shun
authority; power; function
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
having no way of knowing; being completely ignorant of
to think constantly about; to dwell on
to reschedule; to recompose; to recross (one's legs); to reset
within a marriage; between husband and wife; conjugal
(state of) utter panic; great panic
haircutting; hair cutter; prostitute cutting a customer's hair to show him her genuine feelings; long-horned beetle; kamikiri; mythical creature said to secretly cut head hair
start of a war; beginning of hostilities
going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
play-biting (e.g. by pets); mouthing; nipping