to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to get back together (with a former partner)
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
combined living room, dining room and kitchen
head of the family (esp. as recorded in the resident register); head of the household; householder
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer
head start; initiative; preemption
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
position; job; employment; opening
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
ethnic Chinese (living abroad, esp. with non-Chinese citizenship); overseas Chinese
joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation
city bank; metropolitan bank
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
age range; age-group; age bracket
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
wife; Mrs; proprietress; landlady; large women's size (clothing)
ratio; proportion; percentage
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
the Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells); hell of uninterrupted suffering
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
melon (esp. a muskmelon, Cucumis melo)