to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
explosion; rupture; break off
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
(being) off night duty; end of a night shift
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to be valuable as scrap; to be able to do other work; to have marketable skills
steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
infant; baby; little child
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
harmless to humans and animals; having no influence; unimportant; insignificant
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
fluffy; lumpy (e.g. clothing); uneven; bulging (e.g. muscles)
three-quarter; half coat; top coat
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
real estate agent; realtor
borrower; debtor; tenant; lessee; renter
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
tottering steps; drunken staggering
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker