yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
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
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
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 desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
boy; son; baby boy; young man
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)