thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
contract; compact; agreement
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
had better ...; had better not ...
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to turn towards; to point
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma