indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
of course; certainly; naturally
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
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
please (give me); please (do for me)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
myself; yourself; I; me; you
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
now; the present time; just now; another; more
door; gate; opening; title page
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent