(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
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
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
(some) more; even more; longer; further
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
two persons; two people; pair; couple
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
delicately; weakly; gently; supplely
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another; coherence (e.g. of a conversation)
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
master; teacher; stable master
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
Good heavens!; Oh my god!; gee whiz
wheedling child; spoiled child (spoilt); pampered child; child who always demands attention
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop