light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
running about; making every effort (to do); busying oneself (with); being busily engaged (in); good offices; efforts
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
matter of time; question of time
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off