mailman; postman; mail carrier; post carrier
flowers and trees; flowering trees
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to look upwards; to look up
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
New Year's greetings; New Year's call; New Year's gift
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
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
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
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 open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
one thin flat object; one sheet
brown envelope; manila envelope
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
letter; missive; note; mail
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work