to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
to correct oneself; to restate
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
to say; to be called; to do
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
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
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to