female friend; woman friend
successively; one after another
something unfinished; something incomplete; idiot
appearance; air; condition; state; form
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
sigh (of admiration or lamentation)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient
finest example; the best (of); white eyebrows
to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named
stroke of the brush; touch; literary style
colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
to extol; to laud; to sing the praises of
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to be sufficient; to be satisfied
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged
cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
(very) back (last) row; rearmost row
tall, lanky person; bean pole; tall and thin; tall and lanky
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
whispering into a person's ear
three days and three nights
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
staying the night; lodging (at)
although; but; even though; I wish that
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)