omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to comfort; to console; to amuse
calamity; misfortune; disaster
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
to be sluggish (business); to make little progress; to not grow as much as expected
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
society; public; community; social studies
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
number of days (times) one has attended
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
truancy; school non-attendance
recommendation; endorsement
to be worried; to be troubled
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
definitely; absolutely; without doubt; absolute; unconditional
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone