belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
until now; so far; up to the present
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to take to defending oneself above all; to save one's skin
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
I thought so; I suspected as much; Just as I thought; Now you are talking; That's the spirit
to give directions; to issue instructions
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
schedule; program; programme; agenda
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
contrary to one's expectations
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
several people; a few people
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)