method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
second day of the month; two days
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
February; second month of the lunar calendar
ninth day of the month; nine days
excessive bleeding; massive bleeding
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
note (for reference); remarks; N.B.
nothing in particular; none in particular
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
alone; by oneself; on one's own
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
increasing the number of staff; hiring more people
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also