elder sister; effeminate man
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
time; season; period; phase; stage
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
for example; for instance; e.g.
in that way; thus; so; so?
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
matter causing distress; something causing worry
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
sound; noise; acoustics; reverberation; echo; audio
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
stopping functioning; being out of service
after that; afterwards; thereafter
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
gossip; government OSI procurement; GOSIP
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be discouraged; to shrink from
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to be performed (on the stage); to be in the limelight
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster