discovery; detection; finding
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
poisonous; toxic; noxious; malicious; spiteful; hurtful
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
a moment; a minute; an instant; stubborn; obstinate
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
to be worried; to be troubled
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
to come to realize; to become aware (of)
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
complete stranger; total stranger
mixing; blending (e.g. spices); compounding (e.g. a medicine); making up; dispensing (a prescription); preparation
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
difficult to ...; hard to ...
at least; at most; (even) just
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
inside; interior; inner part
to push (something) against
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
gradually; slowly but steadily