preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to gather; to collect; to assemble
birth; creation; formation
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to mow; to reap; to harvest
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
to wind (thread, film, etc.)
knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn
two (long cylindrical things)
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
clothes for a newborn baby; baby clothes
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
covering used to wrap a baby
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
please (give me); please (do for me)
death from cold; freezing to death
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
connection; link; relationship
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to care for someone; to look after someone
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
descendant (usu. of a certain generation); (arch.) lineage; (arch.) pedigree; (arch.) grandchild
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
two books on the art of war in ancient China; the secrets (essence) of the art of war; secrets of successful life; precepts for living
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
government office; public office