drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
day something goes on sale; date of issue; release date
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
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)
to be photographed; to be projected
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
older sister; lass; young lady
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)