year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
Yangzhou (China); Yangchow
Wu (region in China, south of the lower Yangtze); Wu (kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era; 902-937 CE); Southern Wu; Wu (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 222-280 CE); Eastern Wu; Wu (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn era; 11th century-473 BCE)
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryō period); commandery (in China)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with
scene; spectacle; sight; view
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
run-down house; dilapidated house; shabby old house; (arch.) rag and scrap merchant
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
duvet; bed cover; coverlet; quilt; comforter; eiderdown
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
environment; surroundings; circumstances
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...