law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to move forward; to move on
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
by myself; in person; by oneself
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
beyond that point; after that
belief; faith; conviction
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
to gather; to collect; to assemble
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing