to strike (each other); to come to blows; to fight (each other); to speak (to each other)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
in one's own way or style
society; the world; the times
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
that is to say; so that means
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
to paint (draw) a picture
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to jerk; to wiggle; to twitch
just one person; only one
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
children's game in which three or more stand back-to-back in a circle and jostle
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
the more you do (it), the... (e.g. "the more you drink, the better it tastes")
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
to lead; to command; to superintend; to supervise; to press; to demand