middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival; mid-year gift; summer gift; Bon Festival gifts
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
for example; for instance; e.g.
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
society; the world; the times
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
coolie; laborer; labourer; carrier
to employ; to hire; to charter
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
failure; poor result; disfavour; disfavor; unpopularity
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
samurai; warrior; military family
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
for the time being; for the present; immediate; present; for some time (after); current account
at least; at most; (even) just
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
order (for an item); request; demand; condition