to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)
custom; habit; customary practice
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
January; first month of the lunar calendar
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
strictly; severely; rigidly
to say as a tradition; to customarily say; to have a habit of saying
interval; break; rift (in clouds)
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
in the future; another day; later
exceedingly; extremely; exceptionally; unexpectedly
second line of a four-line Chinese poem
favour; favor; warm friendship
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
way of eating; how to eat
hesitation; hindrance; washroom
cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
clothes for doing farm work or working in fields
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
hide-and-seek and tag; children's game where the participants first hide, then run away from the seeker
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
the same generation; coeval