the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
information; experience; knowledge; observation
to keep away; to keep at a distance
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally
error; mistake; slip; bug
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour); presumed benevolence; attention-seeking (behavior)
cut; reduction; curtailment
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
order of chivalry; chivalric order
to have one's name entered (in a list)
to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
such; like that; in that way
audience (with someone of high standing)
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
overloading (someone; with work); overworking (someone); overwhelming; flooding (e.g. with tasks)
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
honorific/polite/humble prefix
starting up (e.g. business, computer)
well-versed (in); profoundly knowledgeable (about); high in the attainment (of)
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
otherwise; or else; if not
arbitrariness; despotism; high-handedness; tyranny