simmering; (boiling) gently
to change sides; to change places
sending off the spirits of one's ancestors on the last day of the Bon Festival (by lighting small fires)
shoulder mark; shoulder board; epaulette; epaulet
"minor cold" solar term (approx. January 6)
satellite city; satellite town
important point; strategic position; key point
to stop talking; to be silent
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
vista; background; perspective; distant view
neutral colour; neutral color; achromatic (colour, color)
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
grey appearance after shaving one's beard; five o'clock shadow; stubble; use of blue pigment to indicate a character has shaved
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
daredevil; foolhardy warrior; hotspur
thread-sail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer); skinning (an animal); stripping (a tree of its bark); barking
mad laughter; maniacal laughter
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
before one could; in no time at all; without a gap
useless messenger; doing only as one is told; fool's errand
how could I (you, etc.) ...?; how dare you (they, etc.) ...; how can you have the nerve to ...?
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
ingenuity; resourcefulness
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
a certain someone; Mr So-and-so
preparatory phase; preparatory period
picking out; choosing; picking (someone) up (in a vehicle); pickup (in a record player); (phono) cartridge; pickup (truck)
interview (e.g. for a job)
servant's clothes provided by an employer; livery