whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
the other day; a few days ago
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
(someone else's) child; child; kid
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
consequence; outcome; result; blame
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
might as well; sure, why not; why not use this occasion to ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to be suspected (of); to be under suspicion (of)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to be no match for; to not hold a candle to
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
radio programme; radio program
film released direct-to-video