master; masterhand; maestro
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
material; substance; matter
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.
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
invisibly; secretly; privately
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
gesture; gesticulation; motion
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
Genesis (book of the Bible)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
ordinary; common; mediocre
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.