chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
personage; person (deserving of respect)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to say; to be called; to do
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations); nickname; section of a village
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
family; members of a family
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to live; to reside; to inhabit
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
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
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
dress; outfit; getup; to dress oneself; to outfit oneself
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
earnestly; immediately; exactly
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
third day of the month; three days
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
hoisting (e.g. a flag); raising; flying; putting up
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
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)
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent