formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
of course; certainly; naturally
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
generation; lifetime; age
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
royal capital; imperial capital
plural; multiple; several
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
untouched; unused; intact
large number (of); many; majority
source of worry; source of distress
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
lacking a role; lacking a post; lacking a position; duty-free; tax-free
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
dozens; scores of; decades
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
ancestor; forefather; foremother
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous