new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to be sooty; to be stained
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
whole; entire; harmonious; well-rounded
innumerable; countless; numberless
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
close to the wall; alongside the wall
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to crouch; to squat; to cower
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
nervousness; oversensitivity
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
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 scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to pluck; to pick; to tear
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to brush off; to shake off