difficult problem; challenge
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
time; hour; period; class
rapidly; one after the other; without hesitation; unreservedly; sound of tramping; stomping
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
stairs; stairway; staircase
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
rain water; "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19)