major festal song (subgenre of the Shi Jing)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
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
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
all; entire; whole; altogether
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to be born; to come into the world
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
in this way; thus; such; uh...
minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable