lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
burnt rice; scorched rice; crispy rice at bottom of cooking pan; woman who hangs out with gay men
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
welcome!; nice to see you!
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
marguerite (Chrysanthemum frutescens); Japanese women's hairstyle comprised of a long braid tied up in a loop with a ribbon (ca. 1885)
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
(some) more; even more; longer; further
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
preparation; arrangements
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
had better ...; had better not ...
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
such; this sort of; like this