dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
self-indulgence; looseness; dissolution; licence; license
pump-priming; rousing; stimulation
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
contract; compact; agreement
under-the-table payoff; offer of an illegal profit
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
effectiveness of advertising
to cry one's eyes out; to make one's eyes swollen from crying
newspaper story (article, account)
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
expressing one's mind; speaking out
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
legal means; legal methods; legal measures
to give up searching (for someone or something)
to be worn down; to wear away; to wear out; to dwindle; to be reduced
serving concurrently as; concurrently holding the position of; holding the additional post of; additional post
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
popular will; will of the people
killing two birds with one stone; serving two ends
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
personal circumstances; one's own convenience
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative