job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
pride; boast; credit (to)
great variety of flowering plants; light greenish-blue
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
detached house; stand-alone house; single-family home
living together (with one more person)
results; record; grades; marks
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
going to and fro; back and forth
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
criticism; commentary; review
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)