erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
bet; wager; stake; gamble
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
marriage ceremony; wedding
bunch of flowers; bouquet
matchless; unequalled; unequaled
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
respect; reverence; veneration
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
joint struggle; common (united) front
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to exercise one's ingenuity; to come up with an ingenious plan
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
marriage proposal; courtship
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
last-minute cramming; overnight cramming; (vegetables) salted just overnight
compelling force; legal force
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial