middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
enshrinement (of a deity); residing (in a shrine or sacred place); sitting prominently (in a place); being plunked down; being planted (in a spot)
printing (text or symbols); typing; printed character; typed character; character carved onto a seal
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
to rewrite; to adapt (e.g. a novel)
to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
highest (e.g. floor); top; best; finest; supreme
solution; solution strategy
offering a full report to a superior
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
failing mark; failing grade
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
secret; hidden; unseen; inward
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
shh!; shush!; hush!; shoo!; scram!
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
rubbing (someone) the wrong way; irritating (someone)
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
incommunicative; taciturn
final; eventual; ultimate
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
January; first month of the lunar calendar
since; henceforth; ever since
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
(short) rest; breather; break
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)