preface; foreword; preamble
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
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 give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
magazine; journal; periodical
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
of course; certainly; naturally
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
great person; hero; mastermind; extraordinary person
fixing one's aim in life; deciding one's life goal
talk; story; conversation
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration; memory; matching pairs
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
loyal retainer; loyal subject
series of biographies; lives
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
model; (good) example; exemplar; paragon
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
making one's way through life; conduct of one's life
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm