indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
hell realm; Naraka; Hell; hell; misery; place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to avenge (someone) by striking down their killer
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
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 start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
hating; strongly disliking
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
survival; survivor; relic
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern