older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
seasonal change of clothing; changing one's dress for the season; renovation; facelift; redesign
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
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
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
close; intimate; on good terms
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to talk; to chat; to chatter
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
fried prawns; fried shrimp
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected