appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to become pale; to turn pale
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
attendance (at school); going to school
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
robust cicada (Oncotympana maculaticollis); mingming cicada
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
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
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
strongly; violently; with all one's strength
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp