very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
festival; feast; carnival
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
street violence against middle-aged men
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
about here; in this neighborhood
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
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.
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
rather; sooner; preferably
vigilance committee; vigilante corps
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very