sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to go on a fool's errand; to go in vain
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
don't you think?; indicates question
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
how many years; how long; what year
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
railroad; railway; rail transport