commuting to school; school commute
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
manners; behavior; behaviour
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
qipao; cheongsam; mandarin dress
figure; body shape; build; physique; form
baggy pants; baggy trousers
neat and clean; tidy; trim
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
job application form; employee satisfaction
to push aside; to push one's way through
first meeting; first interview with
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north
four Taoist gods said to reign over the four directions; four gods said to reign over the four seasons
bearing; heading; point of the compass
terrain; geographical features; topography
to rule; to govern; to administer
blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens
White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens
main street (esp. in a capital); main thoroughfare; (arch.) most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryo period)