counter for generations; epoch
eating; bite (in fishing)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced
self-protection; self-defence
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
attaining enlightenment; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
good policy; wise policy; best plan
beginning; outset; opening; start
wise person; virtuous person; sage; unrefined sake
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to grow; to develop; to grow up
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
depression; low spirits; dejection
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
going around; patrol; round; tour
to stand (up); to rise; to stick up
how many years; how long; what year
young man; boy; son (of one's master, employer, etc.); husband; (male) lover; dear
terse; concise; simple and clear
to look away; to turn away
to dent; to indent; to depress; to humiliate
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
profit; earnings; stroke of luck
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
double; twice (as much); twofold