early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
honorific/polite/humble prefix
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
as (for); for; in the capacity of
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
in that way; thus; so; so?
such; this sort of; like this
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to recover consciousness; to come to
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?