ongoing; in progress; afoot
depiction; including in a picture; delineation
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
January; first month of the lunar calendar
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency
imperial decree; imperial edict
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
honorific/polite/humble prefix
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
how; in what way; how about; questionable
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
considerably; fairly; quite
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
that day; the very same day