circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
apartment building; housing complex
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
(Chinese-style) almond jelly; dessert of powdered and jellied apricot kernels with fruit
such; like that; that sort of
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
garden; orchard; park; kindergarten; nursery school; preschool
fair words fill not the belly; food before romance
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
price increase; rise in price; wage increase
hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation
foreign settlement; concession; reservation (e.g. American Indian)
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
executive; government; administration; governance; the authorities
illegal entry (into a country); illegal immigration
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
temporary dwelling; temporary housing
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
three sides; small offering stand
personal; individual; private
karintō (sugar-coated cookie made from fried dough)
trip abroad; overseas travel
barcode; bar code; comb-over (hairstyle)
edge of the eaves; house frontage
central part; heart (of a city, etc.)
worldview; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung; setting (for a fictional work); world; universe
mass; quality and quantity
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all