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")
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
true character; true form; true colors; 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 pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
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)
maple (Acer spp.); maple tree
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
family; relatives; dependents; household
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)
chronic disease; chronic illness; old complaint; bad habit; intractable habit
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
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 (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
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
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
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