community-based; local-based
admission (e.g. to a training institution, research establishment, social welfare facility, etc.); entrance; imprisonment; internment; confinement
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
January; first month of the lunar calendar
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
name; given name; first name
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
predicament; difficult situation
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
getting big laughs just from appearing on the stage (or screen, etc.)
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)