the touch of; feel of; texture
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
completely exhausted; dog-tired; dreadfully weary; terribly frustrated; limp; weak
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
living room (Western style); sitting room
gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
society; the world; the times
to be injured; to sustain a wound
... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
distinction; differentiation; classification
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
elopement; running away with a lover
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (arch.) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
animal; beastly; carnal; sensual; brute
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
to be suspicious (of something or somebody)