early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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 stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
washing (esp. dishes and laundry)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
to trample; to crush underfoot
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
operating gown; surgical suit
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; hand-washing (laundry, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings