direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
coating (esp. lacquering)
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
notebook; memorandum; commonplace book
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
professor; teaching; instruction
counter for books; volume
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
unexpected result; upset; surprise
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
shoal; wide shallow beach
calamity; disaster; accident
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill