year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
don't you think?; indicates question
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
order; directive; instructions; command
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take as a lesson
going around; patrol; round; tour
to concern; to be related
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
cooperation; collaboration; help; support