busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
birth and growth; giving birth and raising; development; breeding
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
considerably; greatly; a lot
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
aquaculture; culture; cultivation; raising
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
that day; the very same day
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
quality (of a product or a service)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
metre; meter; meter; gauge
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
I see; that's right; indeed
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
how long; how far; how much
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so