disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
to complain; to grumble; to gripe
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
as one likes; as one wants; as one wishes; as one hopes; as one sees fit; to one's satisfaction
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
hourly; from hour to hour; moment by moment; momently; from one minute to the next; with each passing moment
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
slander; calumny; defamation; libel; abuse
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
cartilage; nankotsu; (dish of) gristle (usu. of chicken, deep-fried)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
manner of using one's hands
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment