happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
on the way back; returning
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
thousand years; very long period; forever
the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan)
to develop a rash or inflammation (e.g. in response to a skin irritant); to react to (something); to be strongly influenced (usu. negative or critical nuance)
lieutenant colonel; commander (navy)
woman; lady; adult female
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
donation money (esp. disaster relief or charity); contribution
to collect; to assemble; to gather
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute