gentle; mild; meek; tender
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
(present) head of a family
praise; hymn (genre of the Shi Jing)
good person; virtuous person
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
to lie scattered; to be strewn about
same family (race, tribe)
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
to speak through the nose; to nasalize
United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)
strong nation; powerful country
to draw (water); to fill (with water); to take into consideration
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
look like; sound like; savor of; smack of
to spread; to be propagated
many; much; plenty; hardly
annual tree ring; growth ring; experience in life
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)