cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
convenient; handy; useful
tool; implement; means; furniture
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
mask; disguise; guise; mask
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
gem; jewel; precious stone
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing