to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
difficult to ...; hard to ...
rather; better; instead; if anything
change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest
if not; otherwise; or else
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
unavoidable; inevitable; beyond one's control
(for) how many days; what day (of the month)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
sealed letter; sealed document; enclosure
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
letter; missive; note; mail
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
error; mistake; slip; bug
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
mediation; intermediation; procuration; entertainment; treatment; reception
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
dying; laying down one's life; one out
adversity; sad circumstances
brush and paper; written description
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
classical elegance; antiquity
to write down; to note; to remember
fact; truth; understanding; consideration
simplicity; brevity; letter; note; bamboo writing strip (in ancient China); simplified Chinese character
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.)
thousands; great number of; variety
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
double; twice (as much); twofold
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
disciple; pupil; follower
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)