convention; tired tradition; old custom
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
nature; property; disposition
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
bright person; talented student; prodigy
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to value; to prize; to honor; to respect
(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
(moral) conduct; behaviour; behavior; deportment
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
baby girl; primary schoolgirl
miscarriage; (spontaneous) abortion; abortive birth
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
sacred books; sutras; scriptures; Bible
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
this corrupt or degenerate world; this world or life; the world of mankind
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
is something that; is that which
ago; since; before; previous
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)