irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
health; healthy; sound; fit
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
winning number (e.g. in lottery); lucky number
apparently; appears to be
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
optimization; optimisation
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
to be too numerous; to be too much
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance