to gouge; to hollow out; to bore; to excavate; to scoop out
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
(your) daughter; young woman; daughter of a good family
graduate; alumnus; alumna
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to rock; to shake; to swing
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
time; season; period; phase; stage
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
good (place to leave off); convenient
interception (email); wiretap; bug
familiar spirit; familiar
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
internal conditions; true state of affairs
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
fast-talking; rapid talking
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
to pull apart; to separate; to draw; to tie (a game)
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
suddenly (e.g. falling, weakening, etc.); sharply; with a jerk
to hang one's head; to droop one's head