thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
(some) more; even more; longer; further
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
invisibly; secretly; privately
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
how long; how far; how much
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
even if not; even without
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous