spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
morning assembly (at a company, school, etc.); morning gathering
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
bad debt; nonperforming loan
rapid increase; proliferation; surge; explosion
firmly rooted; deep-seated
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
head house (family); birthplace; originator
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
mediation; intercession; smoothing over
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
staying somewhere else (overnight); spending the night away (e.g. from home); going home (e.g. from hospital) for the night; sleepover
greeting; a fine thing to say
oops; that's enough (when pouring up alcohol, etc.)
to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
how long; how far; how much
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
largish; biggish; a little bit larger