student; student who performs housework in exchange for meals and lodging; houseboy (attending school or university)
(one's) wife; wife (of a peer or subordinate)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
financial difficulty; distress
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
cannot be helped; unavoidable
spirit of the age; zeitgeist
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
various; a variety of; all kinds of; many; diverse
busy; having no time (for)
the dots of i's and the crosses of t's; (not neglecting) the slightest details
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
sense of touch; tactile; haptic; hair style with long bangs
contact; touch; tactile object; uncleanliness
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
south wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
Song dynasty (of China; 960-1279); Sung dynasty; Liu Song dynasty (of China; 420-479); Liu Sung dynasty; Song (ancient Chinese state; 11th century-286 BCE); Sung
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
Southern Song dynasty (of China; 1127-1279)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
gushing out; welling up; springing up
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation
various points (of discussion); various places; various spots; various matters
fortune-telling; divination; fortune-teller; diviner
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
author; writer; novelist; artist
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to escape from; to get out
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
to boil down; to condense; to think through to the end; to reduce to essentials