recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
enjoyment of spring; interest in spring
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
France; French (language)
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
weariness; fatigue; languor; boredom; tedium; ennui
evening; last night; yesterday evening
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
absconding; taking oneself off; slipping out (home) unnoticed early (e.g. from work, out of parties, etc.)
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
a square sun (i.e. approx 9sq. cm.); one's mind; space occupied by one's heart
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
good and evil; purity and impurity; voiced and unvoiced consonants
to be mixed in with; to blend with
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
real world; outside world (e.g. the world outside of school)
individual; one by one; separate; each
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
stroke (of a kanji, etc.)
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
iniquity; wickedness; dishonesty
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam