light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
February; second month of the lunar calendar
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
beginning; outset; first; onset
physical condition; state of health
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
forcibly; against one's will
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
inside; interior; inner part
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
since then; from that time; ever since
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
self control; self restraint
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice