to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to step forward; to volunteer
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
both hands; both arms; ten
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
polite; respectful; reverent
to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!