earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
acquaintance; relations; sexual intercourse; intersection
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
different character; other character; variant character; different written form of a character
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
literature; books (reference); document
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
clarification; elucidation; explanation
to be helpful; to be useful
now; the present time; just now; another; more
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
kanji compound; idiom; idiomatic phrase
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
to replace; to move; to change the position of
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
rather; better; instead; if anything
concrete; material; definite
abstractness; abstraction
Chinese classical literature; Chinese classics
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom