elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
in that way; thus; so; so?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
of course; certainly; naturally
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
aimlessly; without a goal
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
God; god; ace; king; superior person
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom