illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
dwelling; house; residence; address
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
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 multiply; to crossbreed; to cross-breed; to mix (e.g. paint colours)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
living thing; living creature; animal; life
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis