home; household; family; hearth
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
national; founded and run by the central government
highly selective university; university with high entry requirements; elite university
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
to rest one's chin in one's hands
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective; to take an indirect approach; (lit.) to fill in the outer moat
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
to say; to tell; to state; to do
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
mark; sign; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
slightly; a little; barely; narrowly; only; just
to welter in blood; to be covered in blood; to turn red
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
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
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
order; command; directions; instructions
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
long time; several hours; long spell
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
to sit cross-legged; to sit at ease
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
feel; touch; manner (towards others); most impressive part; best part; beginning
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
waist; waistline; waist measurement
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
to boost; to force up; to push up
completely exhausted; dog-tired; dreadfully weary; terribly frustrated; limp; weak