order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully
to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
overcoat; greatcoat; cloak; wrap; mantle
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around