truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
older sister; elder sister
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
fat; chubby; fatso; fatty; fat person
and yet; though; when; in spite of
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
festival; feast; carnival
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
in that way; thus; so; so?
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
(subject to the) cool light breeze in early summer
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?