coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
listed company (on a stock exchange)
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
historic; historical; traditional
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
process; course; mechanism
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
choosing between two things; two choices
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
practical; realistic; pragmatic
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
training; drill; practice; discipline
to subsist; to keep on living
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
in the future; another day; later
addition; appendix; note; supplement
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
tendency; trend; inclination
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless