story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
to sell off; to sell completely
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to be worried; to be troubled
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to snatch; to grab; to steal; to charge (an exorbitant price) for
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
fitting (electrical equipment); wiring
company; corporation; workplace
finding employment; getting a job
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
major stockholder; large shareholder
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar