living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
an inch ahead; the immediate future
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to need; to require; to take; to demand
interior; inside; internal
steady; sound; reliable; solid
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
harmful insect; noxious insect; vermin; pest
to turn right; to turn to the right
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
points paid and received at the end of a game of mahjong based on position (rank)
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) line
sense of smell; olfaction
fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to suck up (to); to toady (to)
bearing; heading; point of the compass
baked seaweed; toasted seaweed
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
to eat a mouthful; to take a bite
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to creep about; to crawl around
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent
viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
suggestion; hint; implication
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
minority group (party); minority
desalination; desalinization; desalting
to bail out (water); to dip out; to ladle out; to start drawing (water)
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
person sought by the police; wanted person; fugitive from justice