supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
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
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
such; this sort of; like this
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
relatively; comparatively
until now; so far; up to the present
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
in that way; thus; so; so?
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
oracle; revelation; divine message
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
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.
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after