national mood; national sentiment; national feeling
to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look
number of births (including stillbirths)
again and again; repeatedly
to pitch in and help; to give someone a hand
whatever brought that on?
(one's) quota; assignment
being cleared (doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)
armory; armoury; ordnance department
magic sword; cursed sword
landing; alighting; touch down
to make one feel grateful
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
brushwork; handling of one's brush; command of one's pen; penmanship
to deliver; to hand over; to transfer
to the best of one's meager ability; the little help one can be; though my help might not be worth much
jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)
to comb down; to smooth down
foster father; adoptive father
to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
to be digested; to master (a skill); to be proficient; to mature (e.g. personality); to mellow; to mature (foodstuff)
study subject; course of study; department (university, etc.)
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
a pair (of shoes or socks)
selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans
human resources; man-power resources
100,000,000; one hundred million
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
crop; harvest; income; profits; loaded (e.g. intermodal containers in the transport industry)
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son