to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
confined place; closing (an institution, office, clinic, etc.)
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
study; research; investigation
being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
to read out (e.g. data from a computer or process); to retrieve
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
servant; manservant; menial
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
such; this sort of; like this
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
eight (long cylindrical things)
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
rattan; (rattan) cane (e.g. used in wicker furniture)
to pilfer; to filch; to swipe
morning sickness; hyperemesis gravidarum
yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
to be found (e.g. unknown quantity in an equation); to be calculated
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
time; hour; period; class
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
something white; snow; gray hair; grey hair
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits