ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
next term; next period; next version; next release
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
coordinator; coordinating role
financial world; business circles
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
to follow someone's last wishes; to fulfil a dying wish
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force
making rapid progress; making great advances; rush; dash; onslaught
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
self-deprecating; self-mocking
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
stabbing to death; putting out
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
change in the law; legal reform
statute of limitations; lapse of rights after a period of time; becoming invalid or void after a set time; ageing; aging
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
to employ; to hire; to charter
already known; well-known
(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence
to haunt to death; to possess and kill
people; men and women; each person; everybody
idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
seven times; many times; seventh (interval)
program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
nine-tailed fox; old, golden-furred fox with nine tails and shapeshifting powers used to fool humans; orig. a Chinese mystical beast whose appearance was considered auspicious
diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
superstition; superstitious belief
private opinion; personal view; personal opinion