pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
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 close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
opening fully; full throttle; full power
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 take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
myself; yourself; I; me; you
putting into operation; invocation
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
wedding; bridal procession; marriage into a family
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
now; the present time; just now; another; more
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally