small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
becoming stereotyped; getting stuck in a rut; humdrum; mannerism (art, etc.)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
curiosity; inquisitiveness
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
production (e.g. play); direction
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
in this way; thus; such; uh...
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
long-awaited; much-awaited
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
all present; all concerned; all of us
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
blood spilt from the body; blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
(common) millet (Panicum miliaceum); proso millet
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
silver-stripe round herring (Spratelloides gracilis)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)