unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
withdrawal; revocation; repeal; demolition; removal
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
shyness; bashfulness; shame
to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
when in Rome, do as the Romans do
wild uproar; pandemonium; clamor of voices; noisy; uproarious; clamorous
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar
kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis); jade (gem); beautiful lustrous colour similar to that of the kingfisher's feathers
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
armrest (of a chair); elbow rest
to ask for instructions; to ask for someone's opinion; to inquire of; to invoke an oracle; to consult an oracle
to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)
spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
(arch.) warrior from the eastern parts of Japan; eastern barbarians; people east of China (from the perspective of China)
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
and (also); both ... and; as well as
to hit a nerve; to get on one's nerves
consideration (for others); (making) allowance
good-quality; superior in quality
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
to burst into flames; to fire (of a gun); to fan a fire with one's breath
imperial decree; imperial edict
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
double tooth; protruding tooth (like a fang); high canine
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship