association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
study; research; investigation
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
letter; missive; note; mail
notice; notification; report; posting
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
news; word; tidings; omen
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water