steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; wasting time; waste of time
forthcoming publication; to be published soon; coming soon; recent publication
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
March; third month of the lunar calendar
reportage; report; reporting; documentary literature; documentary
absence of permission; lack of permission; absence of (advance) notice; lack of notice
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
to take flight; to disappear
for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length
postponement; deferment; adjournment
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
several million; millions (of)
at the same time in different places
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
mode (e.g. of a machine); setting; state (of mind); mode (e.g. work mode, study mode); mode; mode
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
standing at attention; standing stiffly upright
to draw (someone) close to one's breast; to pull close to one; to take into one's arms; to embrace
moisture; damp; richness; warmth; financial leeway; gains
image quality (film, video, etc.)
undoubtedly; unmistakably; indisputably; definitely; certainly
to squeeze out; to wring out
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
several times; a few times; several degrees; a few degrees
madness; craziness; insanity
patterns of thinking; train of thought