one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
sprinkling; dropping in small light bits
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
smoothly; easily; readily
very interesting; of great interest
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
is that so?; I see; right; oh
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
tedious; boring; being fed up with
close; intimate; on good terms
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to put into the mouth; to eat
to take (a photograph); to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
instead; but (on the other hand)
accompanied by a woman; accompanied by women
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
female friend; woman friend