present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
platoon commander; section commander
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
at work; in the midst of work; working
tenth day of the month; ten days
staying the night; lodging (at)
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
nature; property; disposition
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
fair and square; open and aboveboard
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
internal strife; infighting; internal conflict
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
sacred books; sutras; scriptures; Bible
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
in accordance with; according to
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
equality; impartiality; evenness