lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
puffing motion (when blowing, spitting, etc.); pouting (with displeasure)
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
another's parent; another's parents
to spread; to be propagated
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
honour; honor; glory; privilege
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
lightly; easily; carelessly
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
to become red; to redden; to blush
lying face down; upside down; prone
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
laughing while reminiscing
stillness; repose; standing still
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result