to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front)
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past
hot blood; warm blood; zeal; fervor; fervour
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
long hair (usu. of a man)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
general; popular; common; typical
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
owner; possessor; holder; carrier
occupation; calling; livelihood
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility