place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
one child; only child; one of several children (esp. the son and heir); one stone (in the game of go)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
setting sail; putting out to sea; starting anew; embarking on something new
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
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
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 go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
two persons; two people; pair; couple
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
Liao (dynasty, 916-1125 CE); Khitan Empire
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
adds force or indicates command
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible