beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
rood (measure of land area)
head; hair (on one's head); leader; chief; top; tip
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
members; member; constituent
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to pass (of time); to elapse
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
advance; moving forward; progress
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)