dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
my personal (e.g. opinion)
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
to stand up straight; to stick up (e.g. of hair); to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand (doing nothing); to stand around
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
critical condition; being on the verge of death
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
leaving everything up to someone else
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
(a person's) appearance from behind; person as seen from behind; back view; retreating figure
to talk to oneself; to mutter
the same kind; accomplice; partner
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to be smeared; to be covered
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
mechanization; mechanisation
if so; in that case; in that situation
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
the other day; a few days ago
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
pupil; student; schoolchild
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
hawks; hardline faction; hardliners
maintenance; conservatism; conservativeness; conservation