to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
preference; priority; precedence
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
(tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem; cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
fortune-telling; divination
mostly involve; principally involve
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
dispersing; breaking up; running away
chief; main; principal; important
several years; a few years
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
business world; business circles; (the) industry
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how