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
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 (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
family; members of a family
to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
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 lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
while; during; while; although; all; both
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
family; relatives; dependents; household
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned