futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
steady; sound; reliable; solid
preservation; retainment; keeping
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
nothing but; none other than
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
(for the) first time; something used (worn, etc.) for the first time; new item; first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
to one's heart's content or satisfaction
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
cheap lodging or flophouse, especially in a skid row area or slum
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit