room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
incident; affair; happening; event
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
-less; lacking; non-existing
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
until now; so far; up to the present
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to have a nightmare; to make a noise during a nightmare
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
charming; bewitching; coquettish
to increase; to add to; to augment
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking