essential; important; crucial; vital; main
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
being on duty; being on watch; person on duty
messenger; envoy; emissary
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
I see; that's right; indeed
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
master; teacher; stable master
grandfather; male senior-citizen
hospitalization; hospitalisation
indeed; really; truly; very much
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
to get tired out; to be exhausted
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
slant eyes; almond-shaped eyes; eyes that are turned up at the corners
round frame glasses; round-lensed eyeglasses
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
teacher employment examination
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order