Vocabulary: 北海道物语
- 给 jǐ: 给 ji3: to supply; to provide给 gěi: 给 gei3: to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)
- we; us; ourselves; our
- to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce
- joyful; cheerful; delighted; joy; delight
- to edify; enlightenment
- 呢 ne: 呢 ne5: (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech呢 ní: 呢 ni2: dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)
- (bound form) male; baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
- pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆[ta3 po2], a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:座[zuo4]); (loanword) (pastry) tart
- field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; feral
- simply; really
- as if; as though; rather like
- miracle; wonder; marvel
- to exist; to be; existence
- to arrive at (place or time); period; to become due; classifier for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation)
- to maintain (that sth is true); to determine (a fact); determination (of an amount); of the firm opinion; to believe firmly; to set one's mind on; to identify with
- oneself; (attributive) one's own
- the remaining years of one's life; survival (after a disaster)
- already; to stop; then; afterwards
- without hope; hopeless; without prospects
- brilliant; shiny; a flare; to glisten; to twinkle
- 更 gēng: 更 geng1: to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)更 gèng: 更 geng4: more; even more; further; still; still more
- to have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a competition); (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc
- encounter with a beautiful woman; romance; affair
- woman; female
- in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
- already; since; both... (and...)
- 非 Fēi: 非 Fei1: abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa非 fēi: 非 fei1: to not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-; to reproach; to blame; (coll.) to insist on; simply must
- geisha (Japanese female entertainer); also written 藝妓|艺妓[yi4 ji4]
- to drink along (with sb)
- young woman; maiden; girl; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- respectable family; decent family
- university student; college student
- 愿 yuàn: 愿 yuan4: honest and prudent愿 yuàn: 愿 yuan4: (bound form) wish; hope; desire; to be willing; to wish (that sth may happen); may ...; vow; pledge
- 以 Yǐ: 以 Yi3: abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]以 yǐ: 以 yi3: to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)
- physical body
- money; currency
- to exchange; to swap; to switch (telecom); commutative (math); to commute
- not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)
- to surpass; to exceed; to transcend
- profane; secular; worldly
- (not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore
- to become; to turn into
- to purify