serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
duty; function; office; mission; task
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
secretary (government); director; chief
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
helper; assistant; second
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
reality; actuality; hard fact
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
here and there; everywhere
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
caption (photo explanation, video subtitle, headline); legend; cutline
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
people; men and women; each person; everybody