hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
suffix for familiar person
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to add (to); to add on; to append
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
unhappiness; misfortune; ill luck
secret; private; surreptitious
two persons; two people; pair; couple
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
control; management (e.g. of a business)
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
consequence; outcome; result; blame
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by