district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
fee paid to performing artists, etc.; appearance fee
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
taking something out; carrying out; providing money oneself; paying with one's own money; corbel; strengthening under a seam (clothing)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
foreign; abroad; overseas
illegal; illicit; unlawful
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
matter to be checked or investigated
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
plump; chubby; voluptuous
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
web site; website; web page; webpage; home page; homepage
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
total number of man-days; total number of people (personnel, passengers, etc.)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known