to become better; to improve
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
please (give me); please (do for me)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
considerably; greatly; a lot
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
delicious; appetizing; appetising
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to dry up completely; to become stale
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
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
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
shellfish; seashell; shell
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
and then; and so; and; so then
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now