pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
superb piece of work; masterpiece; exquisite item; perfection; unique article
honeybee (Apis sp.); honey bee
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
February; second month of the lunar calendar
original text; source book; draft
lingering (usu. feeling, emotion, etc.); continuing (to); still (...)
summertime; summer season
you could say; you might say; verging on the
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
sharp sighted; easily awakened
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
being good-for-nothing; useless person
industry terminology; professional jargon; buzzword
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to ask for too much; to expect too much
seeing off and meeting on return
for the time being; for the present; immediate; present; for some time (after); current account
affected part; diseased part; wound
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
young girl; lass; adolescent female
to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something