lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
family a woman has married into
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
parent's cousin; first-cousin once removed
father's side of family; paternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
one's real father; natural father; biological father
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
relative by marriage; affinity
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
duty; obligation; responsibility
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
half the body; half length
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
during imprisonment; while in jail
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
as long as time allows; whenever one has the time; as time permits
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count