please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to recall; to remember; to recollect
Shima (former province located at the eastern tip of present-day Mie Prefecture)
recently; lately; these days
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
though; notwithstanding; although
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
trivial; not amounting to much
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to be reminded of; to call to mind
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
adds force or indicates command
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
while; during; while; although; all; both
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
for example; for instance; e.g.
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
derailment; digression; deviation
to forget to say; to forget to mention
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to apologize; to apologise
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world