work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
emotional strength; force of will
to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)
advance; moving forward; progress
baton (of command); order; command; direction
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
continuation; succession; series
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
going into battle; departure for the front
traditional; conventional
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
right side; right-hand side
left side; left-hand side
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
white background; blank; female virgin
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
national costume; (in) native dress
stunning; electrifying; striking; eye-popping; brilliant
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
nomadic tribe; nomadic people; nomadic race
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
qipao; cheongsam; mandarin dress
based on; built on; made from
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
Western clothing; Western binding
coachman; driver; cabman; postilion
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to stretch; to reach to; to stand on tiptoe