suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
foster father; adoptive father
originally; by nature; from the start
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
toe; toe (of a golf club)
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
to finish reading; to read through
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
friendship; friendly relations; fellowship
undutifulness to one's parents; lack of filial piety; (arch.) (the crime of) cursing one's parents; (arch.) disowning one's child
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
brave general; great soldier
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
blow; shock; strike; batting
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
remnants of a defeated army
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
on the roof; court nobles
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
attendant; valet; altar boy; acolyte
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
peril; danger; hazard; distress
stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy
wood chip; splinter; thin shingles
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky