sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
fire pan; heating; first lighting (e.g. furnace); firing (e.g. forest); pasteurization
one's own child; one's own children
spelling; orthography; patching; binding
topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
cotton cloth; cotton material
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
pongee; soft thin cloth woven from raw silk
clothes; clothing; garments
family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate
no matter what it is; in every case
ease; comfort; feeling at home
and yet; though; when; in spite of
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
starting point; point of departure
three generations; three periods; third generation
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
first generation; founder
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
all night; throughout the night
stone mortar; millstone; quern
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
custom; practice; convention; precedent
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
government land; public land
(the privilege to have) an audience (with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.); interview (with one's superior); one's debut (first) appearance; debut (of a new product, work of art, actor, etc.); trial service (of a servant)
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
An'ei era (1772.11.16-1781.4.2)
unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable