polite; respectful; reverent
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
such ... as; or some such
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
playfulness; mischivousness; naughtiness
to succeed; to bear fruit
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
declaration; proclamation; announcement
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
little by little; bit by bit
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible