light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
height (of body); stature
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
first meeting; first interview with
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
although I say; although one might say; although called
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
conditionally; with conditions attached
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to pick up; to find; to gather
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
scene; spectacle; sight; view
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to watch over; to watch attentively
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
pedestrian traffic; kanji "legs radical" (radical 10)
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve