nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
mimicking someone's speech; imitating someone's way of speaking; mimicry
excursion; outing; picnic
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
beforehand; in advance; previously
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
study; research; investigation
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
deadly serious; deadly earnest
to puzzle; to perplex; to bewilder; to delude; to mislead; to fascinate
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
cloth; tablecloth; wallpaper; wall fabric
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
charm; incantation; spell; curse
quickly, in a bouncing way (e.g. for a bow)
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly