order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue
progress; being under way
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
don't you think?; indicates question
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
automatic lock; automatic door-locking system
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta); Japanese millet; sanwa millet
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
settlement for a dispute (esp. one caused by an affront or blunder); money paid to settle a dispute
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to be silent; to say nothing
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
taxpayers' (precious) money; hard-earned tax money; heavy tax; conscription; compulsory military service
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
memory; sense; experience
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
moneylending; moneylender
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit