one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to charge; to rush; to assault; to flood a company, organization etc. with phone complaints (usu. loosely organized on anonymous online message boards)
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
(railway) buffer stop; bumper; bumping post
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
cities, towns and villages; municipalities
to happen to meet; to come across
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
person concerned; person qualified; person in question; party; litigant (legal)
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to fold up; to fold into layers
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
the autumn sun sets as quickly as a bucket dropping into a well
children's park; children's playground
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
dejected; dispirited; crestfallen; discouraged
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)
highway; main road; the right road; internal medicine (in Chinese medical practice)
being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
amount of money; sum of money
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
agreement; stipulation; contract
registry; entry; book-keeping; signature
deposit; payment; money received; money due
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living