outside of; not covered by
nursery school; day nursery; preschool
rest; break; recess; intermission
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
near; close; beside; third person
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
home area; home town; local
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
close; intimate; on good terms
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
older sister; lass; young lady
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...