clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
besides; in addition; also; moreover
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
boy; son; baby boy; young man
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
considerably; fairly; quite
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
adds force or indicates command
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
genuine article; real thing; real deal
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
spirit world; underworld; the next world
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)