surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
to happen to have on hand or in stock
to live; to make a living; to get on with
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
robust health; able-bodied
germ; germs; bacteria; something harmful; vermin
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined
hygiene; sanitation; health
rational; reasonable; logical
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
pathogenic bacteria; germ; pathogen
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
Europe and America; the West
principle of laissez-faire
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
duty; function; office; mission; task
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
to be possible; to be likely; to be probable
vigour; vigor; virility; health; sturdiness
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
other; another; over; more than; I; me
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
correction; revision; redressing; rectifying