to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
many people; a large number of people
woodcutter; lumberjack; logger
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
one by one; one after another; successively
surroundings; environs; circumference
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
dozens; scores of; decades
metre; meter; meter; gauge
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
in the same way as; just like
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
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
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
infection; contagion; becoming infected
how; in what way; how about
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
body; group; party; company; troupe
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)