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
secret; private; surreptitious
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
genius; prodigy; natural gift
art of war; strategy; tactics
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
prime minister (in ancient China)
Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei, father of Emperor Cao Pi; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms
navy (esp. the Japanese navy prior to the 1850s)
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
links; chain; shackle; linking
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
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 explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to run away; to escape safely
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do