opening; gap; dried and opened fish; extension
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
comprehension; understanding
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
on the occasion of; at the time of; when; during
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; perversion (esp. sexual)
encryption; encoding; encipherment
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
carefully made; carefully produced; quality product; product made with care
other than; excluding; without
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
classification; sorting (out); grouping; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
large saw; framed pit saw
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
to cause a person trouble
performance of one's official duties
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
miscellaneous duties; (trivial) routine tasks; small jobs; odd jobs
personality; character; individuality; personhood
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
to not be taken seriously
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
heaven and earth; top and bottom