moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
pleased to meet you; how do you do; my regards (to someone); my greetings; best wishes
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
though; notwithstanding; although
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
representative director; managing director; president; someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company in its dealings with the outside world
foreign voyage; travelling overseas; travelling abroad
erhu (2-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow); erh hu
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp