delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
really; truly; indeed; good grief
such; this sort of; like this
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
discovery; detection; finding
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening; express (train)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
please be careful; please take care
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters