surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
second day of the month; two days
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.
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
green willow (i.e. one that has budded); meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)
violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
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
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)