cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to hand over; to surrender
boastful speech; bragging
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
stifled (laughter); simmering
wheat straw; barley straw
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
large room; green room; waiting room for performers when off stage; junior actor; actor of small parts; large hospital room (for several patients)
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
such ... as; or some such
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
ember; brand; stub (of used candle, match etc.)
charcoal; charred remains
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
on the right as one faces (it)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
it is not (like that) either
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
curious; strange; unusual
to look around; to survey
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
agricultural community; farm village; rural
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
it is I who should say so