to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
than; from; out of; except; but; more
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
time; hour; period; class
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
study group; study meeting
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
in the same way as; just like
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
beginning; outset; first; onset
same; similar; (just) like; equal
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to rain (drops on the large side); to go to pieces; to be taken apart
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
war; fighting; fierce competition
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
deserted village; poor village
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to have an eye on; to zero in on
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money