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
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
(political) power; authority; influence
prime minister (in ancient China)
to ascend (the throne); to accede
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Luoyang (China); Kyoto (alternative name)
people; men and women; each person; everybody
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 tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
troubled times; turbulent times
cunning and wickedness; cunning and wicked person
male; man; excellence; greatness; best (of)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
(arch.) inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system); (noh) old man; white ash (of charcoal)
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
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
decision; determination; resolution
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
failure; mistake; blunder
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
adds force or indicates command
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away