opposite; reverse; contrary
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
in one's own way or style
(not) even once; (not) ever
this and that; one thing or another
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to brew (sake, etc.); to cause; to bring on; to bring about
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
street at night; making a night journey
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply
self-centered; self-centred; selfish
(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than