nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
it's been a long time; long time no see
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
counter for books; volume
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
unknown (e.g. in an equation); element (of a set); yuan (monetary unit of China); (Taiwan) dollar; Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money
important point; essential part; vital point; important state matters
town; city; municipal; urban
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.
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
planning; plan; project; arrangements
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
on the occasion of; at the time of
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
thought; consideration; thinking
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become