Vocabulary: 北海道物语
- 约 yāo: 约 yao1: to weigh in a balance or on a scale约 yuē: 约 yue1: to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise
- but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
- 当 dāng: 当 dang1: (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)当 dàng: 当 dang4: at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)当 dāng: 当 dang1: to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
- to invite; invitation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- bowl; cup; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]
- to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity
- 过来 gùo lái: 过来 guo4 lai2: to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of过来 gùo lai: 过来 guo4 lai5: see 過來|过来[guo4 lai2]
- 赖 Lài: 赖 Lai4: surname Lai; (Tw) (coll.) LINE messaging app赖 lài: 赖 lai4: to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on
- to take along with one
- 吧 biā: 吧 bia1: (onom.) smack!吧 bā: 吧 ba1: bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1]吧 ba: 吧 ba5: (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.
- really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine; (math.) proper
- 你 nǐ: 你 ni3: you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])你 nǐ: 你 ni3: you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- already at an earlier time
- to have a prior engagement
- 啦 lā: 啦 la1: (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat啦 la: 啦 la5: sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation; particle placed after each item in a list of examples
- 嘛 ma: 嘛 ma5: modal particle indicating that sth is obvious; particle indicating a pause for emphasis嘛 má: 嘛 ma2: used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽[an3 ma2 ni2 ba1 mi1 hong1]; (Tw) (coll.) what?
- lightly; softly
- to lift up
- chin
- to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
- unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular
- (of people or relationships) close; intimate; to draw close to; to engage with; to become familiar with (nature, places, ideas, art etc)
- to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
- girl; lass
- very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- pretty; beautiful
- other people; others; other person
- to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers)
- beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be
- 方 Fāng: 方 Fang1: surname Fang方 fāng: 方 fang1: square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter
- can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice
- to modestly decline
- relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 应 Yīng: 应 Ying1: surname Ying; Taiwan pr. [Ying4]应 yīng: 应 ying1: to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall应 yìng: 应 ying4: to answer; to respond; to comply with; to deal or cope with
- to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
- 惠 Hùi: 惠 Hui4: surname Hui惠 hùi: 惠 hui4: (bound form) act of kindness (from a superior); (honorific prefix) kind (as in 惠顧|惠顾[hui4 gu4])
- to wait upon (older people); to accompany; attendant
- slight; light; trivial; to a small extent
- 包 Bāo: 包 Bao1: surname Bao包 bāo: 包 bao1: to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
- day; sky; heaven
- lip; CL:片[pian4]
- equivalent to; appropriate; considerably; to a certain extent; fairly; quite
- to enter a door; to go in; to learn the basics of a subject; to join one's husband's household upon marriage
- quickly; at once
- to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not