riot; rebellion; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
backing (an initiative, candidate, etc.); support; backing up (another player); covering; backup
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
leader; authority; mainstay
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
on the occasion of; at the time of
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
to be rustic; to be countrified; to have a rural feel
poor village; desolate village; lonely village; remote village
somehow; for some reason or other
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
class; heading; group; category
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
intimidation; threat; bluster
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around