street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
many; much; plenty; hardly
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
large build; large pattern
stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
way one walks; one's walk
absconding; taking oneself off; slipping out (home) unnoticed early (e.g. from work, out of parties, etc.)
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
(animal) collar; necklace; choker
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
tabby cat; tiger cat; striped cat
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
about when; about what time; how soon
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see