darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to jar; to creak; to grate
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all