to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
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
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
mission; delegation; transmission
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
fortune-telling; divination
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
that's the way it is; such is life
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
line; queue; procession; matrix
fengshui practitioner; fengshui master
Chen (ancient Chinese state, approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (China, 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty
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.)
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as