opportunity; chance; time; occasion
gondola (boat, esp. in Venice); gondola (hot-air balloon, airship, etc.); basket; scaffold (building); display shelf (shop)
clan; partisans; participation (e.g. in a plot); one flavour; one charm; one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine)
two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
hibernation; winter sleep; torpor
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
the eight early Japanese Buddhist sects; the eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian period
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes
just the other day; quite recently
thin or light silk; sheer silk; veil (mystery)
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
weak and soft; supple; pliant
favorite pupil; favourite pupil; teacher's pet
short circuit; short; illogical jump; drawing a hasty inference (between two events); jumping to conclusions
(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
dreamworld; dreamland; la-la land
(with a) start; fright; alarm
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
desperately; for one's dear life
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
top notch; first rate; top-of-the-line; leading
equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival
strong; resolute; firm; strict
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
(item of) equipment; accessories (bike, auto)
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search; scouring
locational advantage; advantageous position
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition