to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
rain water; "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19)
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
opposite; reverse; contrary
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
story; tale; talk; discussion
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
original plan; original bill; original motion; draft
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
wherein; therein; thereinto
third son; Occella iburia (species of poacher)
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
solitude; loneliness; isolation
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar