quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
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)
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
soon; shortly; before long
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
to lead a life; to live a life
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
surely; certainly; without doubt
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
again and again; repeatedly
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
common people; ordinary people; masses
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation