to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
New Year's pine decoration
indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
serious; not joking; straight
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
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.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
adds force or indicates command
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few