pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
practicality; utility; usefulness
ease; relaxation; comfort; unwinding
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
time around sunset; early evening
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
ornamental ball-shaped scent bag; decorative paper ball (for festive occasions)
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
to discuss; to find fault with; to criticize; to criticise
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
to spit out; to eject; to dump
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
three colours; three colors; triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
folding into four; quarto
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
jack; knave; (electrical) jack; hijack; hijacking
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
falling over; toppling sideways
healing (esp. through alternative therapies, music, color therapy, supernatural powers, etc.)
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)