to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
close; intimate; on good terms
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
main purpose; primary objective
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
to harbor suspicion; to harbour suspicion
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
authority; power; function
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
almost every day; almost daily
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
massing (of troops); gathering
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
precondition; prerequisite
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
while alive (e.g. I won't allow ... while I'm alive)
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
extremely dangerous; full of peril
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
within eyeshot; within sight; in view
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished