what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
such; this sort of; like this
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
it is not (like that) either
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
atelier; studio; workshop
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
one thin flat object; one sheet
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common