that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
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 see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
military forces; army; troops; number of soldiers
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
at least; at most; (even) just
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
adjustment; coordination; integration; conformity
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else