small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
surroundings; environs; circumference
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
to tangle; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated; to become difficult
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
group; bunch; crowd; group
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
deep inside; innermost place
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
calm; composed; cool; quiet
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to shout; to cry (out); to yell; to scream; to clamour
with a start; in a fright; alarmedly
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may