to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
bikini (swimwear); Bikini island
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
such; like that; that sort of; very
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
in one's own way or style
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
plural; multiple; several
hair pin; hairclip; hairgrip; bobby pin
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
law-like nature; regularity
each place; various places
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
such; this sort of; like this
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
hotel worker; hotelman; hotelkeeper; hotelier