member; regular member; active member
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
coherence; order; focus; point
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
even if; even though; however; no matter how
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
to be injured; to sustain a wound
tessellated; tessellar; mosaic
light and shade; shade (of colour, color); depth (of flavor); complexity; strength and weakness (of flavor)
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
wounded person; injured person
old age; old person; the old; the aged
to become dim; to become blurred
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
lump together; put all together
first person (to do); person going first; first place; top position; person in the top position
all you have to do is; just; that's all
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
framework (of a building); foundation; mainstay; support; supporter
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
simplicity; brevity; letter; note; bamboo writing strip (in ancient China); simplified Chinese character
average value; mean value; mean; expectation
retainer; vassal; servant
cutter; cutting tool; box cutter; utility knife; (tailor's) cutter; cutter (boat)
to drag along; to take (a suspect to the police); to drag (someone) away
to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient
cast; mold; mould; forming; shaping; fashioning
hook (fishing, golf, boxing, etc.)
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
another prefecture; other prefectures
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)