style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
several years; a few years
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
sorry; excuse me; thank you
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
instability; insecurity; crankiness
one's post; place of work; workplace
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
surely; certainly; without doubt
business; trade; operations; sales
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...