condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
personal; individual; private
extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK
smoothly; easily; readily
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
daily (living) necessities; necessities; essentials for life
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
Regent hairstyle; ducktail; Pompadour
to add (e.g. a postscript)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
introduction, development, turn and conclusion (quadripartite structure of certain Chinese poetry); story composition and development
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
artistic modulations in traditional Japanese performances; opening, middle and climax (end)
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
non-virgin woman; woman with sexual experience
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
listen!; you see; mind you; remember