district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
transactions; dealings; business
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
supply; provision; raising; procurement
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
black-market dealings; underhand transactions; shady trading; secret dealings; secret arrangement
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
scoundrel; rascal; villain
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
(together) with; -wide; including
company; corporation; workplace
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
to put someone to trouble
neighboring town; neighbouring town; adjacent town
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
honorific/polite/humble prefix
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
glasses for show; fashionable eyeglasses worn for appearance's sake; glasses with no lenses or 'window glass' lenses
home area; home town; local
in one's own way or style
well-known; famous; noted; popular; recognized
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
society; public; community; social studies