wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
(some) more; even more; longer; further
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
such; this sort of; like this
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
time; season; period; phase; stage
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to be worried; to be troubled
to quit one's job; to resign
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
to accept a kind offer; to take someone up on their offer
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
trip abroad; overseas travel
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with