to put on airs; to assume importance
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything (in fishing)
to add (to); to add on; to append
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
partly puffed up; bubblingly
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
young person; youth; young
abundant; rich; ripe; mellow
astringency; tartness; austere elegance; elegant simplicity; subdued style
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
sommelier; wine steward; wine expert at a restaurant who advises guests on a choice of wines
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
research; investigation; enquiry; inquiry; study
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
administration of justice
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
naked dance; dancing naked; striptease; strip show
various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)
prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
contract (entered into on the basis of a promise or previous agreement); formal agreement; contract at hand
long; drawn-out; very long
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; (arch.) collision; (arch.) contact
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
youthful indiscretion; youthful enthusiasm; youthful excess
to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
respect (epistolary usage)
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis