to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis; main axis
value; worth; virtue; blessing
nothing but; none other than
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
technical skill; ability; capacity
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to be found; to be discovered
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
just a minute; small quantity
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
to spend time (on doing something)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
continuation; succession; series
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
three; three years of age
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)