behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
12 signs of the Chinese zodiac
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
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.)
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
unenlightened; uneducated; ignorant
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
every year; yearly; annually
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
year of the Boar; year of the Pig
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
not limited to; not just ...
constellation; astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...