metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
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
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
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.)
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
skilfulness; skillfulness; cleverness
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
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 examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
hey there; I say; see here
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like