tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
society; the world; the times
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
in this way; thus; such; uh...
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least