cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
first departure (of the day); first train; first bus; departing from the starting station (of a bus, train, etc.)
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head
(being beholden to someone for a favor of) a night's lodging and a meal
favour; favor; obligation; kindness; benevolence
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
while; even though; despite
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
consulting; consultant; consul
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
eighth month of the lunar calendar
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
woman; female; feminine gender
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; indifferently; blankly; vacantly; absentmindedly
similar things turning up one after another; (lit.) bamboo shoots after rain
standing close together in a disorderly way (of buildings, etc.); standing side by side; standing (for election) in (excessively) large numbers; (too many candidates) competing with each other
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
if so; in that case; in that situation