operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
tempting thing; (too much of a) temptation; something that shouldn't be seen; thing damaging to the eyes
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)
influence; effect; impact
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
master; teacher; stable master
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
double suicide; lovers' suicide; group suicide; family suicide; dedication to the point of self-sacrifice
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
control; check; restraint; inhibition
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
(measuring) scale; rule; scale; scope; (musical) scale; weighing scale
at least; at most; (even) just
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
to put into the mouth; to eat
the positive and the negative; yin and yang
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
diminutive used with names, etc.; diminutive adjective ending
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
reaching; attaining; arrival
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
rough-and-ready (medical) treatment; drastic remedy; drastic treatment; drastic measures; drastic steps
means; way; method; measure
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
objection; dissent; protest
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern