promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
please (give me); please (do for me)
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
scenery; scene; landscape
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
contract; compact; agreement
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
to take over; to hand over
fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
long face; looking dejected
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
undivided attention; concentration
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
than; from; out of; except; but; more
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)