book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
to this extent; to this degree; this much
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
reality; actuality; hard fact
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
sorry; excuse me; thank you
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
ahead; before; the future; pardon me for leaving (first)
fourth rank; fourth class; fourth sign of the Chinese calendar; Denmark
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
strongly; violently; with all one's strength
grip (of hand); grip strength
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
danger; peril; hazard; risk