leaving open; leaving ajar; outspoken; frank
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
Mencius (372-289 BCE); Mengzi; Mencius (one of the Four Books)
reading aloud; recitation
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
dental; dental consonant; dental sound
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
Tanaka Shouzou (1841-1913)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
consequence; outcome; result; blame
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
plants which flower in autumn (fall)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
to go along; to walk along; to follow
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become