noted doctor; excellent physician
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
shoji (paper sliding door)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
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
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
originally; by nature; from the start
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; you can't solve a problem without making some sacrifice
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)