only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
due form; official; formality
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
consequence; outcome; result; blame
older brother; elder brother
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
imagination; supposition; guess
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like