student (esp. a university student)
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
thread; 0.0001; one ten-thousandth
hometown; rural township (of China)
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
older brother; elder brother
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
tradition; legend; folklore
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
materials; data; document
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
people; men and women; each person; everybody
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
in that way; thus; so; so?
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
how; in what way; how about
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
mentality; mood; sentiment; fretfulness; tedium; irritation
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly