before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
understood; I see; OK; present; here
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
woman textile worker; Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
few decades; many decades; several decades
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
one-way (trip); one-way ticket
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
God; god; ace; king; superior person
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so