dubious; puzzled; suspicious
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
no, not like that (but like this)
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
tale; short story; sketch comedy; skit
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
living by oneself; living alone
junior high school student; middle school pupil
living together (with one more person)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
hospitalization; hospitalisation
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
prohibition; inhibition; ban
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
mailbox; letter box; letterbox; mail slot
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
stairs; stairway; staircase
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
level ground; plain; flatland
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail