belief; faith; conviction
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
flood plain; river terrace; riverside area; area between river and river bank
trial; judgement; judgment
portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
weekly publication; weekly magazine
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
burlesque; low comedy; farce
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
calamity; disaster; misfortune
suddenly (rising to fame, etc.); instantly; immediately; one bound; one leap
(young) person subsisting on part-time work; person whose livelihood is provided by part-time work
all you have to do is; just; that's all
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
Liao (dynasty, 916-1125 CE); Khitan Empire
lonely; dreary; desolate; few; scarce; sparse
ancient and modern times; all ages; past and present
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
development of a text; the second line in a four-line Chinese poem
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)