thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
honorific/polite/humble prefix
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
nurturing; rearing; childcare; day care
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
during; for the duration of
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
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
tuning (an instrument); temperament
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
on and after; from ... onward; since
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
in the morning; during the morning
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
fat; tallow; lard; grease
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
duty; obligation; responsibility
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)