solely; entirely; only; or
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
discussion; debate; argument
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
success or failure; outcome; result
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
simplicity; brevity; letter; note; bamboo writing strip (in ancient China); simplified Chinese character
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
number of persons; personnel
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
good friend; useful friend
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
lacking talent; lacking accomplishments
paste; glue; clothing starch
official business; public business
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
difficulty; relative difficulty
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
business; trade; operations; sales
to ask; to enquire; to query
if it is the case that; if
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
man of virtue; wise man; person of high rank; the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)
talentless and incompetent; incompetent and unaccomplished
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
to talk; to discuss; to debate; to negotiate
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement