important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
no!; no no!; no, not at all
conclusion; end; settlement; balance; harmony; fitting (in)
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
trouble; bother; annoyance
strong-willed; strong of heart
calamity; disaster; misfortune
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
to keep a watchful eye on
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
explanation; interpretation
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
qualifications; requirements; capabilities