gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
one (thing); one piece; one item
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
characteristic way of speaking
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hanger; holder; in the process of (doing); midway through
price; cost; value; worth; merit
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
wish; desire; request; prayer
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
polite; respectful; reverent
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
happiness and good fortune
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
habutai; habutae; fine Japanese silk
Japanese fir (Abies firma); momi fir
mousseline de laine; mousseline; light woollen fabric
silk thread; silk yarn; corn silk
silver nugget; silver ingot; silver bullion
drugs; ingredients (for Chinese medicine)
eastern part; the east (of a region)
kin; catty; pound (unit of weight); loaf (of bread)
three sun (ca. 9.1 cm); something small, short or thin (roughly the size of three sun); stall-keeper; huckster; (arch.) prostitute of the lowest rank
double width cloth or fabric
especially; above all; particularly; among other things
place where hair is gathered together atop the head; hair tied (or pinned) together in this position
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
estimate (of costs); budget
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble