midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
don't you think?; indicates question
centimeter (esp. of cannon caliber, etc.)
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
smallpox; variola; pockmark; pock
wet nurse; nursing mother
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
paste; glue; clothing starch
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
work; business; company; study
even more; still more; further
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
reason; cause; circumstances
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
patina; antique look; elegant simplicity; well-trained voice