amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
God; god; ace; king; superior person
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
junior high school student; middle school pupil
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
granted that; even if; even though
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well