(unexpected) incident; unforeseen event; surprising occurrence; happening (performance)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
essence; true nature; substance; reality
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
positive (e.g. thinking); positive; positive (pole); anode
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
discovery; detection; finding
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
someone; a certain person
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
honorific/polite/humble prefix
three; three years of age
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime