to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
three; three years of age
honorific/polite/humble prefix
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to protrude
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
discovery; detection; finding
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
essence; true nature; substance; reality
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
happening; (unexpected) incident; unforeseen event; surprising occurrence
such; this sort of; like this
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to talk; to chat; to chatter
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)