enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
(emblem of) three comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle; three-way fight; three-sided struggle
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
to shake one's head (in denial)
languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
Meimuna opalifera (species of cicada)
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
single track (railway); single line; solid wire; solid-core wire; single-strand wire
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
hokora; small wayside shrine
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
valley; ravine; glen; gorge
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
glasses for show; fashionable eyeglasses worn for appearance's sake; glasses with no lenses or 'window glass' lenses
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
to apologize; to apologise
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
pro-Japanese group; Japanophiles
Tiananmen Square Massacre (1989); Tiananmen Square Incident
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
death penalty; capital punishment
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)