electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
double circle (indicating "very good" on a piece of school work)
Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
computer graphics; CG; computer-generated imagery; CGI
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
region; limits; stage; level
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
reaching; attaining; arrival
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
consists of; comprises; is made up of
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis