why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to spread; to be propagated
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
wind and waves; strife; discord; dissension
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
suffix for familiar person
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
understood; I see; OK; present; here
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
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
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
major cleanup; spring cleaning
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)