method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
to comfort; to console; to amuse
calamity; misfortune; disaster
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
sympathy; compassion; pity
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
to be sluggish (business); to make little progress; to not grow as much as expected