interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
infection; contagion; becoming infected
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
restoration; repair; mending
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
and; thereupon; because of that
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
hanafuda; flower cards; playing cards consisting of 12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to be helpful; to be useful
function; facility; faculty; feature
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
local specialty; special product (of a region)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn