choice; selection; option
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
wide-open; frank; open; candid
expressing one's mind; speaking out
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
rather; better; instead; if anything
patience; endurance; perseverance
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
to place in a row; to line up; to range in order; to list one after another (e.g. excuses, reasons, complaints); to rattle off (e.g. lies, compliments); to reel off
passion; passions; (sexual) desire; craving
it is shameful to reject the advances of a woman; shameful is he who spurns a woman's invitation; (lit.) not eating the meal set before him is a man's shame
meal set before one; women's advances
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
to accept; to receive; to agree
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
everything one does; whatever one does
(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
dinner (esp. a formal one)
thoroughly; carefully; deliberately; seriously; fully
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
one's view on love; one's philosophy of love
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
general idea; concept; notion
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp