Vocabulary: 北海道物语
- literary circles
- actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 占 zhàn: 占 zhan4: to take possession of; to occupy; to take up占 zhān: 占 zhan1: to observe; to divine
- position; status; place; CL:個|个[ge4]
- still; as before
- eloquent; oratory; rhetoric
- 地 de: 地 de5: -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct地 dì: 地 di4: earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]
- proof; certificate; identification; testimonial; CL:個|个[ge4]; to prove; to testify; to confirm the truth of
- writings; writing style
- exquisite; fine and delicate (usu. of works of art)
- society
- to contribute; to dedicate; to devote; contribution; CL:個|个[ge4]
- prominent; outstanding; to give prominence to; to protrude; to project
- actually; in fact; really
- to obtain; to receive; to get
- secret know-how; key (to longevity); secret (of happiness); recipe (for success)
- 并 bìng: 并 bing4: and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge并 bìng: 并 bing4: to combine; to amalgamate并 Bīng: 并 Bing1: short name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- profound; abstruse; recondite; profoundly
- first of all; in the first place
- to chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom); to chisel away at sth; to persevere; unflagging efforts
- to interpret; to comment and explain; to annotate; to perform (i.e. interpret a theatrical role); to decode; interpretation; annotation
- romance; love (romantic); CL:份[fen4]
- eternal; everlasting; fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die)
- theme; subject
- to take an alternate route (idiom); to find an alternative; to take a different approach; to blaze a new trail
- to describe; to depict; to portray; depiction; portrayal
- main stream (of a river); fig. the essential point; main viewpoint of a matter; mainstream (culture etc)
- to disdain as beneath contempt (idiom)
- maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
- (idiom) to steadfastly refuse to discuss the matter; to treat it as an untouchable subject
- extramarital affair
- to grab hold of; to capture
- why?; for what reason?
- heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns)
- she
- or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- male-female; male and female
- 还 Huán: 还 Huan2: surname Huan还 hái: 还 hai2: still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else还 huán: 还 huan2: to pay back; to return
- can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- to love each other
- Watanabe (Japanese surname)
- great master; master
- 会 hùi: 会 hui4: can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])会 kuài: 会 kuai4: (bound form) to reckon accounts
- to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- how; what kind