to apportion; to share; to divide and give out
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to bring; to take; to bring about
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
cheering in chorus; saying in unison
to drink up; to drain (cup)
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
prohibited item; banned item
only; merely; but; no more than
notification; pre-1886 administrative order
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
deviation; departure; omission
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
perfect; complete; flawless
formal; courteous; ritual; ritualistic
how; in what way; how about; questionable
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
small; fine; detailed; stingy
points of improvement; improved areas; points needing improvement; problem areas
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
both; both sides; both parties
to have both; to possess both; to combine with