dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
silk gauze (esp. used in light clothing for high summer)
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to lean against; to set against
that's the way it is; such is life
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
such; like that; that sort of; very
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
gaudy; showy; garish; loud
(large) parrot (incl. the cockatoo)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
a pair (of shoes or socks)
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
to throw at; to turn; to raise
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
light (e.g. colour, color)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
weave; weaving; woven item
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid