next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
absence; disregard; indifference
greeting phrase (in letter, etc.); salutation
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to popularize; to popularise; to give currency to; to set a trend
to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)
to grow up; to become an adult
the lower classes; the common people
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to flatter; to curry favor (with); to fawn (on); to flirt (with; a man); to make eyes (at)
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge
to feel inferior; to feel small
interior of the womb (of a pregnant woman); interior of the uterus; interior of a Buddhistic statue
unlimited; endless; boundless; infinite
fair; impartial; just; fairness; impartiality; justice
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
forcibly; by force; against one's will
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
(innocent) mind of a child; childish mind
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
other self; alter ego; to be split off (of a part of oneself); to clone oneself; incarnations of Buddha
degree of dependence; dependency rate; reliance
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below