this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
duty; function; office; mission; task
to be tired of looking at
day in and day out; all the time
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
seizure; attachment; foreclosure
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
mistress; kept woman; concubine
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
short pillar set on a beam to support a ridgepole
each house; every house; many houses
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
Chinese windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei); Chusan palm; hemp palm
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
gun; pistol; tiddlywinks; marbles; repellence
harmonious melody; harmony; unity; euphony
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
a step; short distance; short time
rising to action; standing up against; jumping to one's feet
advance; moving forward; progress
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)
to return to normal; to recover; to restore
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
calamity; misfortune; disaster
sieve; sifter; screen; screening (jobs, candidates, etc.)
time; hour; period; class
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)