plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
than; other than; except; but
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
high and low (social standing)
(social) class; rank; grade
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
mixture of wheat and chaff; mixture of the good and bad; jumble of wheat and tares
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
one's own work; making by oneself
poetry and prose; literature; literary works
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
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
Song-period neo-Confucianism (based esp. on the teachings of Zhu Xi)
discuss thoroughly; deal exhaustively with