culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
Europe and America; the West
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
un-; non-; negative prefix
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
all present; all concerned; all of us
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
expression; presentation; representation; notation
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
meeting; greeting; welcome