convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
position; location; base; point; site
irrigation water; water for fire; city water; cistern water
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
omen (usu. good); (auspicious) sign; first two anniversaries of a person's death
to carry; to bring (to a place)
patriarch; head of a family
neophilia; love of new or novel things; one who loves new or novel things
bacterium; bacteria; germ
infection; contagion; becoming infected
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
accumulation; accumulate; store
ectogenesis; outside the body
body odor; body odour; personal odor; personal odour; characteristic (of someone)
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
privately; with outsiders barred; en famille
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
to shake one's head (in denial)
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
entrails; giblets; guts; internal organs