young person; youth; young
speech; expression; wording; language
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
chance (of success); odds
Felis (genus containing the domestic cat)
glossy black (hair); (lit.) color of a crow with wet feathers
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
still; even now; to this day
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
long (time); protracted; prolonged
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)
Ming dynasty (of China; 1368-1644)
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
underestimation; undervaluation
to make the most of the present; to live for the moment; to seize the day
eagerly; earnestly; zealously; wholeheartedly; diligently; assiduously
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
another thing; other things; another man's property
to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
several hundred; hundreds (of)
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once