adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
barrier; gate; seki; mutual life
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
Xianyang (China); Hsien-yang; Sienyang
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
really; truly; indeed; good grief
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
permission; approval; authorization; license
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
violence; reckless action; (an) outrage
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
Lü Buwei (?-235 BCE), Chinese politician
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
a little; a bit; a small amount; a little while; a short time; a moment