obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
firm; unshakeable; resolute
foothold; footing; position; standing; ground
fortune-telling; divination
household economy; housekeeping; homemaking
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
same; similar; (just) like; equal
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
for the time being; for the present; immediate; present; for some time (after); current account
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
face; looks; vestiges; trace
lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster
accounting; administration (of money)
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
and yet; despite (all) that
charm; attractiveness; humanity
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
eighth day of the month; eight days
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
drop (e.g. of water); drip
ninth day of the month; nine days
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit