to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
river; stream; River; the ... river
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
to two-time; to play it both ways; to sit on the fence
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
irritating; impatient; annoying; frustrating; vexing
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
hey; yo; hi; come on; hey
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
what kind of; what sort of; what
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
having good knowledge of a certain matter; person who has good knowledge of a certain matter; informed source
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to burn; to burn down; to be roasted; to be thoroughly cooked; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
expenses; costly; expensive
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough