echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind); the human body; Tao, heaven, earth and king
prescribed form (of writing); format
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
to nitpick; to complain about trifles
to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
secrecy; highly classified information
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
setting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.); construction; preparation (e.g. of a venue); arrangement (of an event)
satisfying; pleasing; gratifying
Viking; smorgasbord; buffet; smorgasbord (of things); hodge-podge
to throw on the fire; to burn
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce
fish sauce (made from fermented salted fish)
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
item; commodity; list of articles
tail; tael (Chinese unit of mass and currency); tailcoat; tails