contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
headquarters; head office; main office
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to rank next to; to come after
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
number of stairs or stories (storeys); rank; order
possession; occupation; occupancy
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
dwelling; house; residence; address
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
military personnel; soldier
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)