discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
for the first time in one's life
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
strange; rare; novel; curious
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
although I say; although one might say; although called
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude
observation; survey; watching
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
tool; implement; instrument; equipment
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
Manchu-Han Imperial Feast; three-day feast of Chinese delicacies held during the Qing dynasty
edition; version; plate; block; counter for editions of a publication
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
food; food products; foodstuffs
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
personal; individual; private
shumai; shaomai; steamed meat dumpling (Chinese-style)
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
nervousness; oversensitivity
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
that's the way it is; such is life
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
attention; giving one's attention; focusing
air conditioner; air conditioning; aircon