Eurasian continent; Eurasia
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 attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
now; the present time; just now; another; more
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
to bark; to howl; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout