stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
melancholy; gloom; depression
to mourn over the death of
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
news of someone's death; obituary
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)
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
using as an intermediary; through
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
to say nasty things (about); to use abusive language
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
vanishing behind the clouds (e.g. of the moon); vanishing; suddenly disappearing; going into hiding
generation; the world; the age
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
to take a breath; to take a short rest
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
near oneself; close to one; familiar
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to act like a know-it-all; to pretend you know everything; to fancy one is an authority