method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
silence; stillness; quietness
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
low table; table with very short legs
to talk to oneself; to mutter
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
living together; communal life; cohabitation
to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
name; given name; first name
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
mumblingly; grumblingly; tardily; slowly
to be worried; to be troubled
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
bad-tempered; aggressive; quarrelsome
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
rather; better; instead; if anything
main cause; primary factor
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
friction; discord; strife
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
anything and everything; just about everything
trauma (usu. psychological)
tide; current; tendency; trend
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
hot-tempered; quick to take offense; quick to take offence; irascible; touchy
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely