manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
just because; even if; even though
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
existence; being; presence
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
by means of; due to; because of; according to
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
special effects; SFX; tokusatsu; genre of live-action film or television that makes heavy use of practical special effects
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason