hypothesis; supposition; assumption
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
three; three years of age
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
pleasant feeling; good vibes
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making New-Year's decorations; (arch.) preparing fields; (arch.) farming
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)