interesting (personality, turn of phrase, etc.); pleasantly different; tasteful; attractive; charming
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
copying (by hand); transcribing
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
technical skill; ability; capacity
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
not caring; not giving a damn
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
phoenix (bird of Egyptian mythology); phoenix (any palm tree of genus Phoenix, incl. the date palm)
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case