to be helpful; to be useful
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
finding employment; getting a job
interview (e.g. for a job)
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
pretension; assumption (of a title)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
how long; how much; to what extent
Minister of Works (Zhou-dynasty China)
Minister of Civil Administration and Social Welfare (Zhou-dynasty China)
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
generation; the world; the age
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
four generations; fourth generation immigrant; yonsei; the fourth (e.g. George IV)
three lords (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments)
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
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
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
leader (of an alliance); leading power
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
human being; human; person; character (of a person)