direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
it is not (like that) either
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
mechanism; mechanics; machines; mechanic
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
to join together; to combine; to join up
absconding; taking oneself off; slipping out (home) unnoticed early (e.g. from work, out of parties, etc.)
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
huge; enormous; great big
how; in what way; by what means
way; method; means; resource; course
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
rough; rowdy; wild; rough person; rowdy person
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
doing things at one's own pace (e.g. slower than others); doing things one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean