as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
to be transmitted (handed down) from generation to generation
infancy; childhood; tender age
in accordance with; according to
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
clear; precise; definite; distinct
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
to be able to manage somehow or another
sour look; surly face; pout
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
reality; actuality; hard fact
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
life and death; life or death
seeming to want to say something; looking like one wants to give one's opinion
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
self control; self restraint
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to be found; to be discovered
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
old clothes; secondhand clothing
washhouse; place for cleaning one's laundry
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
sick person; patient; invalid
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with