to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
essence; true nature; substance; reality
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
that field; the authorities (esp. the police); the yakuza; organized crime circles
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
clanging; empty; deserted
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
sitting with one knee drawn up
welcome; (warm) reception
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
soldier; combatant; warrior
to apologize; to apologise; to make an apology
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
like this; this sort; this way
way of talking; speaking style
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle