the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
story; tale; talk; discussion
your husband; her husband
appointment (to an office); investiture; commission
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
guard; sentinel; garrison
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
due form; official; formality
official announcement; proclamation
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
how; in what way; how about
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)