(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
qipao; cheongsam; mandarin dress
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
maid; helper; help; assistance
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
sense of smell; olfaction
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to succeed in doing; to manage to do; to finish doing
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant