important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
fifth day of the month; five days
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
seventh day of the month; seven days
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
sympathy; compassion; pity
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
both; both sides; both parties
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
January; first month of the lunar calendar
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
dated; date; fixed; external
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
gold cup; gilded cup; goblet
runner-up; second (in a race)
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various