ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
5th day of the month; five days
the Sheep (eighth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Ram; hour of the Sheep (around 2pm, 1-3pm, or 2-4pm); south-southwest; sixth month of the lunar calendar
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
of course; certainly; naturally
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo
how; in what way; how about
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
bubble on the surface of water; (coming to) nothing; naught; something short-lived
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout