to abandon; to leave behind
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
fourth rank; fourth class; fourth sign of the Chinese calendar; Denmark
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
never mind!; don't worry about it
creation; Creation (by God)
question; inquiry; enquiry
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression
turnover rate (merchandise, capital)
to stereotype; to squeeze into a pattern; to regiment
thumb-marked; well-used; well-thumbed; worn-out (e.g. joke); stale; hackneyed
another; different; something else
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
general public; the masses
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
loud laughter; hearty laugh
most of all; extremely; supremely
to be found; to be discovered
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
narrowness; being cramped; being almost full
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude
manner of using one's hands
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
difference; discrepancy; variation
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
to fly around; to scatter
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted