to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
evening; last night; yesterday evening
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
originally; by nature; from the start
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
hello; good day; good afternoon
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
two persons; two people; pair; couple