house for rent; house to let; building a house; built house
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
however; nevertheless; but; and yet; whereas; while
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
end of a line (of writing); line break
with all due respect ...; I venture to say ...; Excuse me, but ...
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (letter) till called for
to become a couple; to be man and wife; to be married to
circumstances; one's situation or lot in life
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to pierce through; to break through
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen
nape (of the neck); nucha
(academic) excellence; superiority; honors (e.g. graduating with); cum laude
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
tea gathering (for the tea ceremony); some matter concerning tea; family tea gathering held in memory of deceased ancestors
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca); Egyptian cucumber; loofah; loofa; something useless
seedbed; nursery; seed-plot
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
neighbouring house; neighboring house
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
deliberate; careful; thoughtful; thoughtfulness; prudence
admiration; being impressed (by)
at first; initially; in the beginning