whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
head house; main family; founder (of a certain school, style, etc.); originator; birthplace
south wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)
conception; idea; thought; samjna (perception)
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
popular name; common name; given name
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
banknote; bill; note; paper money
bamboo divination stick (used in I Ching divination)
observation; survey; watching
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)
to dig up; to expose; to disclose
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
a woman's heart is as fickle as autumn weather
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
elder sister; older female friend
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
herdboy; shepherd boy; young ranch hand; cowboy
not knowing what to do with oneself (out of embarrassment, etc.); not knowing where to put oneself; feeling out of place; feeling that one doesn't belong
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
last ray of hope; only hope