colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
Japanese person; Japanese people
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
how many people; a number of people
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
full moon; 15th day of the lunar month
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
strokes in a Chinese character; stroke count of a Chinese character
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
family-oriented; familial
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
difficult to ...; hard to ...
one's later years; final years (in life)
everything one does; whatever one does
reverse side; opposite (of the expected); purl stitch (knitting)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
if you do this; if this is the case
rise; improvement; uptrend
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
rather; sooner; preferably
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
writing horizontally; horizontal writing
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected