precautions; warnings; matters to be attended to; things to note; suggestions; hints
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
glorious achievement; distinguished service
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
sharp sighted; easily awakened
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
town; city; municipal; urban
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
calming down; quieting down
distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living
to run around; to bustle about; to busy oneself
elder sister; older female friend
death from prostration; death from emaciation
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
sheltered upbringing; person who has had a sheltered upbringing; (lit.) hothouse upbringing
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
sympathy; compassion; pity
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
desperation; struggle to the death
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to make a fool of oneself; to whoop it up; to be on the spree