how; in what way; in what manner
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making New-Year's decorations; (arch.) preparing fields; (arch.) farming
the work of man; human feat; something humanly possible
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
author; writer; novelist; artist
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
technique; art; skill; move
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
order; reservation; order; sequence; order (of magnitude); architectural order
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
appointed day of delivery; time for payment
to subsist; to keep on living
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
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)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise