plural; multiple; plural (number)
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to run about; to rush about
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging
several men, several minds; everyone has his own (ideas, tastes, interests, etc.); different strokes for different folks
pointing out; identification
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
instant; moment; for an instant
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
century egg; thousand-year old egg; hundred-year old egg; preserved egg (Chinese delicacy)
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
to subsist; to keep on living
raindrops; falling drop of water; intravenous drip; IV; drip-feed
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything