cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
tool; implement; means; furniture
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
and then; and so; and; so then
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to pick up; to find; to gather
to bite off; to gnaw through
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
adds force or indicates command
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
correction; rectification; mending; repair
questions and answers; dialogue
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
leather strap; thong; leash
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
horizon (related to land)
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
mountain range; mountain belt