beginning; outset; first; onset
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
sitting down; sitting up; sit!
asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
elder sister; effeminate man
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
older sister; elder sister
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
surely; certainly; without doubt
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
maple (Acer spp.); maple tree
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete