elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
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
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
opening ceremony (of the school term)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
(school) class change; class shuffle; rearrangement of which students are in which teacher's class
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
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 make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
alone; unaided; away from home
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
myself; yourself; I; me; you
such; like that; that sort of; very
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine