until now; so far; up to the present
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
to be reminded of; to call to mind
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
January; first month of the lunar calendar
maintenance of public order; maintaining security
to govern; to manage; to subdue
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
individual; private person; personal; private
armed might; military power; the sword; force
large number (of); many; majority
tacit; unspoken; implicit
self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
function; facility; faculty; feature
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
duty; function; office; mission; task
street; quarter; district; area
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
foreign enemy; outside invader
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
guard; sentinel; garrison
people; men and women; each person; everybody
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
plural; multiple; several
at first; in the beginning; originally
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry