cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
occupation; calling; livelihood
control; management (e.g. of a business)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
to explain clearly; to give detailed instructions
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
correction; rectification; mending; repair
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
loitering; hanging around; wandering around
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
to unfold; to unroll; to open
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
simply; merely; only; solely
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
fry; juvenile fish; fingerling
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
as (for); for; in the capacity of
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
children's story; fairy tale
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
hegemony; leadership; initiative