May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
keeping things tidy and in order
sloppy; slovenly; slipshod; negligent; loose; unkempt
letter left behind by someone who has departed; farewell letter
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
to be opposite; to face each other
poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency
the people; citizens; the populace
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
nowadays; in this day and age
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
calls and sounds made by insects
phase (e.g. wave, electricity, moon); topology; register
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
outward appearance; apparent
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
sanitation worker; garbage collector; refuse collector; street cleaner
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
cooperation; collaboration
way of reciting; way of telling a story
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
bull's-eye; object of desire; most-coveted goal; male crotch (as a target in fighting); the jewels (as in "kick him in ...")
ingenuity; inventiveness; creative originality