vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
flattery; cajolery; flirtation
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
leaf apex; tip of the leaf
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
to be steamed (properly, e.g. rice); to be stuffy; to grow musty; to get close
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
please; somehow or other; one way or another
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to shake one's head (in denial)
story; tale; talk; discussion
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
in that manner; like that
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good