close; intimate; on good terms
to watch over; to watch attentively
for a while; for some time; for a period
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
process; course; mechanism
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
three; three years of age
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
that day; the very same day
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
in succession; one by one
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
how long; how much; to what extent
drawing pictures; painting pictures; taking photographs
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
consideration; taking into account
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
monthly output (production)
goal to strive for; challenge
killing two birds with one stone
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to polish up (on); to refine; to hone; to polish (by rubbing)
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar