Vocabulary: 北海道物语
- to halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)
- subsidiary company; branch office
- manager; director; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- frequently; often
- 薄 bó: 薄 bo2: meager; slight; weak; ungenerous or unkind; frivolous; to despise; to belittle; to look down on; to approach or near薄 bò: 薄 bo4: see 薄荷[bo4 he5]薄 Bó: 薄 Bo2: surname Bo薄 báo: 薄 bao2: thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertile
- to drink (alcohol)
- yesterday
- Saturday
- what?; something; anything
- business; professional work; service; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- related; relevant; pertinent; to be interrelated; (statistics) correlation
- to engage in social activities; to socialize; dinner party; banquet; social engagement
- 大学 Dà xué: 大学 Da4 xue2: the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism大学 dà xué: 大学 da4 xue2: university; college; CL:所[suo3]
- 时代 shí dài: 时代 shi2 dai4: age; era; epoch; period (in one's life); CL:個|个[ge4]时代 Shí dài: 时代 Shi2 dai4: Time, US weekly news magazine
- friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 松 Sōng: 松 Song1: surname Song松 sōng: 松 song1: pine; CL:棵[ke1]松 sōng: 松 song1: loose; to loosen; to relax; floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)
- Tokyo, capital of Japan; Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period)
- to arrive; to come
- Sapporo, Japan
- two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- (literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just; just; only a short while ago
- 说 shùi: 说 shui4: to persuade说 shūo: 说 shuo1: to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 要 yào: 要 yao4: to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important要 yāo: 要 yao1: (bound form) to demand; to coerce
- to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
- called; named
- Wen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川); classical name of river in Shandong, used to refer to Qi 齊國|齐国
- 贝 bèi: 贝 bei4: cowrie; shellfish; currency (archaic)贝 Bèi: 贝 Bei4: surname Bei
- (dialect) restaurant
- fire pit
- barbecue; to roast
- seafood
- then; after that; afterwards
- (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- bar (place to buy drinks); CL:家[jia1]
- they; them
- band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; CL:條|条[tiao2]; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise
- 个 gě: 个 ge3: used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]个 gè: 个 ge4: (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- 千 qiān: 千 qian1: thousand千 qiān: 千 qian1: used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]
- 华 huá: 华 hua2: magnificent; splendid; flowery华 huā: 华 hua1: flower华 Huà: 华 Hua4: Mount Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi; surname Hua华 Huá: 华 Hua2: abbr. for China
- to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
- nightclub; nightspot
- (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc)
- 里 lǐ: 里 li3: lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]里 Lǐ: 里 Li3: Li (surname)里 lǐ: 里 li3: li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels