it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
Chinese (lineage, ancestry, ethnicity, etc.); Sino-
to leave this world; to die
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
staying behind; remaining; residual
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to rebury; to refill; to backfill
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
spring water; clear (pure) water
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
black lustre; black luster
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
inspection; examination; checking
legal; lawful; legitimate
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
police officer; policeman; constable
to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to make a fool of oneself; to whoop it up; to be on the spree
illegal; illicit; unlawful
SIG; special interest group
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
cook; chef; tap; spigot; cock (male fowl); cock (penis)
aperture; bore; calibre; caliber
export; exportation; efferent
legal; lawful; legitimate