literally; to the letter; literal
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
everyday life; daily life
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to escape from; to get out
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
consequence; outcome; result; blame
discovery; detection; finding
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
representative; exemplary; model
complications (in an illness)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
originally; by nature; from the start
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
dealing with; coping with
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
malaria-causing protozoan (i.e. plasmodium)
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
grandfather; male senior-citizen
critical (condition); serious
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to be cured; to be healed; to cure; to heal; to rule
advance; moving forward; progress