suddenly; all of a sudden
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
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
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
ultimate; final; last; eventual
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
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
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
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 leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
800,000; eight hundred thousand
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
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
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
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.)
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
selling separately; selling individually; selling loosely
honorific/polite/humble prefix