trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
that's true; of course; obviously
(someone else's) daughter
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
licking one's lips; licking one's chops
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
fat; chubby; fatso; fatty; fat person
sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger; mimeograph; reprimand; rebuke; overly skinny person
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
mesh; grid; highlight in the hair; streaked hair
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to come to one's senses; to calm down
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station