mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
to order; to command; to appoint
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
putting into operation; invocation
start; leaving; marching off
fixed date; settlement date
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
to challenge (a person) to a fight
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
annexation; merger; swallowing up
to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke
does not pay; not worth (one's) while
enterprise; business; company; corporation
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
pain and itching; mental anguish; unhealthy emotions
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
estimate (of costs); budget
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
application; request; petition
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
to be expensive; to be costly
what is worse; to make matters worse
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
to be kind to; to treat kindly
calculation; estimation; computation
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose