to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
Western paper; paper manufactured in the Western manner
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
woman's handwriting; hiragana
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
name; given name; first name
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
second line of a four-line Chinese poem
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to say; to tell; to state; to do
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
letter-paper; letter paper; notepaper
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)