position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
interference; meddling; butting in
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to collect; to assemble; to gather
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
one thin flat object; one sheet
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
within the jurisdiction of
writing; composition; essay; sentence
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
notice; attention; observation
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up