state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
leaf (of a tree); tree leaves; foliage
to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel; to jostle (with)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
surroundings; environs; circumference
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
sunlight filtering through trees
to rain incessantly; to downpour
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
stillness; silence; quiet; hush; calm; serenity
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
northern part; the north (of a region)
several minutes; a few minutes
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish