provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
one building (hall, temple, shrine, room); same room; same place; same building
main school; principal school; this school; our school
hut; house; boarding house; residence hall; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
distinction; favoritism; favouritism; discrimination
this (very thing); this precisely
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
welcome; (warm) reception
to stick it out (until the end)
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
standard; criterion; norm; average; the norm; the ordinary
(hand) gesture; movement of the hand
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
secrecy; highly classified information
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake
keel (of a ship); Fossilia ossis mastodi (traditional Chinese medicine); dragon bone; longgu
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
(large) gun; artillery; cannon
(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
transport; transportation; transit; conveyance
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
enshrinement (of a deity); residing (in a shrine or sacred place); sitting prominently (in a place); being plunked down; being planted (in a spot)
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
irritant odor; irritant odour; irritating smell (odor, odour)