nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
precision equipment; delicate equipment
Qingdao (China); Tsingtao; Chingtao
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
development; exploitation
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 advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
by means of; due to; because of; according to
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access; visiting a high-class or noble individual
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
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
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
in succession; one by one
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
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
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
sales skills; marketing power; sales strength; sales expertise
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
company president; manager; director
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend