it's been a long time; long time no see
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
audience (with a lord, dignitary, etc.); interview; first (public) appearance; debut; trial service (of a servant); probation
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to the extent possible; as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; wherever possible; if (at all) possible
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
now; the present time; just now; another; more