helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
negotiations; discussions; connection
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
connection; link; relationship
commitment; pledge; promise
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
unnatural or untimely (death)
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
person concerned; interested party; related party
while; during; performed in this condition
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
complete stranger; total stranger
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
relative weight; lightness and heaviness; relative importance; gravity
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
regret; repentance; remorse
to commit a crime; to do evil
to pile up; to accumulate