ancestor; forefather; foremother
management; administration; operation
viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to name; to call; to christen; to term
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
suggestion; hint; implication
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to be silent; to say nothing
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
bottle of ink; ink bottle
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
lower region; lower part; region below
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
to state; to express; to mention
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance