to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
both sides; two sides; double-sided
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
moxa; Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
will not do; do not; does not
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
illegal; illicit; unlawful
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
paper patch; paper backing; poster; sticker; label
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy