to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
several minutes; a few minutes
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative; producing a negative from a positive
easy; simple; handy; quick; effortless
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
landing; alighting; touch down
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
touchdown (American football); touch down (in a team's own in-goal; rugby)
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
sanity; consciousness; soberness
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
optimism; taking an optimistic view
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
as expected; as predicted
noisy; confused; uproarious
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII); (arch.) prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
chat over tea; gossip; small talk
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
in name only; titular; nominal
modesty; humility; being humble
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
savage (barbaric) land; backward region; undeveloped area
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
to treat (a guest); to receive; to entertain; to be hospitable to; to make welcome
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak