to be kind to; to treat kindly
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
branch (of a river); tributary; branch; offshoot; something not mainstream
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
(find) common (meeting) ground
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
to blame; to find fault with
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
without permission; without notice
head (of a Japanese pipe, i.e. the bowl and shank); neck; head
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
(fish) biting at every cast
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
stock; products; stolen goods; loot; spoils
black marketeer; black market trader
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
mid-stream; middle course; middle class
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
the original; original copy; script
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
single cell; isolation cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
smuggling; bootlegging; illicit trade