to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess
to shed tears; to be moved to tears
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
willpower; energy; vitality
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
to beat back into shape; to correct (a bad habit, character trait, etc.) by discipline; to straighten (someone) out
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
high heels; high-heeled shoes
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
in order; sequential; seriatim
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
according to plan; as planned; on target
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
to spread; to be propagated
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)
on the occasion of; at the time of
application (of a rule, law, method, etc.)
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; (arch.) Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
intentionally; on purpose; deliberately; taking something into account