earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
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
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
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.
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
now; the present time; just now; another; more
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
kanji (as opposed to kana); printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; real name
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe
(arch.) exposure; (arch.) clarity; exoteric Buddhism; public Buddhist teachings
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
will not do; do not; does not
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
myself; yourself; I; me; you
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...