large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
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
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
than; from; out of; except; but; more
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
how; in what way; how about
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
ringtone (of mobile phones, portable phones, cellphones, etc.)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
don't worry about it; forget about it
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)