small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
young commander; young leader; young master
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
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
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
Minister of War (Zhou-dynasty China)
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
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 shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to sustain a serious wound
though; notwithstanding; although
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
now; the present time; just now; another; more