the other day; lately; recently; during this period
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
to exchange (things); to convert (currency); to be in contrast (to); to contrast (with)
this world; this life; world of the living
to poison (e.g. food, drink); to administer poison
high priest; highly-ranked priest; virtuous priest; priest of great sanctity and learning
order; command; directions; instructions
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
besides; moreover; in addition
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
hearing casually; hearing by chance; learning by hearsay
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to explain; to dispel doubts
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
knock on wood; touch wood; heaven forbid; God help me; absit omen!
to translate; to interpret
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
cooperation; collaboration
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex