method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
such; like that; that sort of; very
chronological order; time series
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
of course; certainly; naturally
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
as usual; as is one's habit
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
while; during; while; although; all; both
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
outline; summary; argument
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
failure; mistake; blunder
in low spirits; dejected; sad
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
a long time ago; long before now