old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
sparing oneself; laziness
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
consequence; outcome; result; blame
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
pail (for water); bucket; cistern; water tank
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
world; society; people; the public
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
to push away; to push aside; to shove
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
daily life; daily living; waking up and going to sleep
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
by all means; no matter what; at any rate