cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
unexpectedly; suddenly; abruptly
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
that day; the very same day
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state