to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to slap; to strike; to spank
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the 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
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
smoky; awkward; ill at ease
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
(someone else's) daughter
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
story; tale; talk; discussion
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
to open some distance (e.g. with other people)
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to like; to love; to be fond of
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
happy memory; sweet memory
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon