cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
skylark (Alauda arvensis)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
kabuki; traditional form of drama and music performed by male actors wearing makeup mainly in white and red
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to speak; to hear a voice
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
ague; intermittent fever; the shakes; malarial fever
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
pulmonary tuberculosis (in traditional Chinese medicine); pulmonary tuberculosis
dangling; swaying; (walking) leisurely; aimlessly; idly; lazily
physician in private practice; town doctor; doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.)
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
what kind of; what sort of; what
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
nervous breakdown; neurosis; sickness from anxiety
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy