Vocabulary
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Common words · 23,619 · 16841–16880
private first-class (army); airman first class (air force); lance corporal (US Marines; Commonwealth military); seaman (navy)
affectation; showiness; pretence
changing one's clothing (of a bride or groom during a wedding reception)
index finger; forefinger
letter of credit
sleeping face
spirit (e.g. human spirit); soul
abyss; ravine
posture; attitude
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
jinku; lively Japanese folk song or dance tune
daffodil (esp. Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis); narcissus
The Water Margin (classic of Chinese literature); Outlaws of the Marsh; All Men are Brothers
attaining enlightenment; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana
legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine)
greens
medium-grade millstone
cumulonimbus cloud
spinal cord
cut; notch; incision
initiative; pioneering
brainwashing
preface; introduction; preamble
good deed; good conduct; benevolence
gradual decrease; decline
birth; lineage; parentage; origin
priesthood registry
leaving early
index
general survey; looking through; looking over
highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
bad road
phase (e.g. wave, electricity, moon)
low spirits; depression; dejection; discouragement; despondency
sitting; feast; speech
sword; blade
metre (of a poem); meter; rhythm
sweltering heat
distant relative
breadth; width