but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled
ten; 10; ten years of age
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages
third place; third rank; third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); (electric) fan
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
that's the way it is; such is life
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain
so; therefore; and; (and) then
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
how; in what way; how about
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
total; totalling; adding up; comprehensive; all-inclusive; all-encompassing
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production; 1958-1960); significant breakthrough; great strides
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence