top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
I see; that's right; indeed
general idea; concept; notion
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
contract; compact; agreement
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
beginning; outset; first; onset
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to feel; to sense; to experience
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
way of eating; how to eat
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
and; thereupon; because of that
to ask; to enquire; to query
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)