to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
female friend; woman friend
classification; categorization; sorting
taking a glance at; glimpsing at; taking a peek at; quick look; peep
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
right of access; access permission; access right
eye color; eye colour; expression (of the eyes); look; countenance
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (of a cat)
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
charcoal; charred remains
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
ornament; decorative object; figurehead; leader without real power
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
to be entwined; to be involved
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
more than usual (usu. time)