visit (from someone); call
knowledge (of a skill, art, etc.); proficiency; essentials; know-how; preparedness; readiness
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to talk; to discuss; to debate; to negotiate
abortion; discontinuance; stoppage; suspension
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while
shedding tears; lacrimation
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better
(verbal) message; word (from someone)
wild fox; mythical fox capable of possessing people
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
one meal; one meal (a day)
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
novel; story; (work of) fiction
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
hut; house; boarding house; residence hall; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
official announcement; proclamation
plain; field; being outside the government; non-governmental sphere; private sector
unknown (e.g. in an equation); element (of a set); yuan (monetary unit of China); (Taiwan) dollar; Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty
ostentatious; gaudy; showy
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to (an extent); up to; there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...; even if there is no need to ... (at least ...)
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
single word; a few words; brief comment
to be easily mistaken for (something else); to be indistinguishable from; to look just like; (arch.) to intermingle; (arch.) to be in disorder; (arch.) to be in disarray
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
to add to one's experience; to become skillful
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
sedan chair bearer; palanquin bearer; sedan chair business