resignation; acceptance; consolation
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
vague; unclear; elusive; hazy
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to find out; to discover; to locate
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to put on airs; to assume importance
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
exceptional; unusual; special; especially; exceptionally; unusually
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
tool; implement; means; furniture
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
cannot be helped; unavoidable
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
what percentage; what ratio; what rate; what proportion
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
to go first; to take the lead; to lead the way