warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
in the mountains; among the mountains
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
surroundings; environs; circumference
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
shoji (paper sliding door)
to throw open; to leave open
to ventilate; to let fresh air in
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
very young; little; childish; immature
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
for example; for instance; e.g.
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
time; hour; period; class
mysterious presence; mysterious atmosphere; aura of mystery
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
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
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago