rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
all; entire; whole; altogether
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
rose-colour; rose-color; bright (e.g. life, future, prospects); cheerful; rosy
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
in that manner; like that
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
rather than; more ... than ...
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
innocent; naive; artless; unaffected; genuine; childlike
accurate; correct; precise; exact
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
one act (of a play); scene; event
in the same way as; just like
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)