faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
promotion (school, military, etc.)
number of days (times) one has attended
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
situation; outlook; one's allegiance; affiliation; position
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
to become spring-like; to show signs of spring
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
relatively; comparatively
hornet; yellow jacket; wasp (of subfamily Vespinae); Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
letting (someone) die without helping
to have an uneasy conscience
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
(right at the) side; just beside
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
counter for books; volume
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
at once; immediately; right now
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
whirr; hum; buzz; whoosh; woosh; whiz