extreme masochist; very masochistic
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
item; something that one "just has to have"
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
to be profitable; to yield a profit
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
step-up; advance; progress; increase
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
as (for); for; in the capacity of
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress