renovation (e.g. a house); redecoration; makeover; updating
chilly; rather cold; somewhat cold
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
to pass away; to join the majority; (lit.) to enter the death register
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
dizziness (from standing up too fast); orthostatic syncope; lightheadedness; vertigo
event; phenomenon; matter
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
light; right; right field; right fielder
being on duty; person on duty
drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
growing child's hearty appetite
sidelocks; hair at the temples
hair or fur on the surface of fabric; pile; growth of hair; hairy legs
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language)
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
grim; stern; stark; heartless
shrewdness; sharpness; astuteness; acumen; tact
department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)
professor; teaching; instruction