hello; good day; good afternoon
mountain recesses; heart of the mountains; mountain; (arch.) imperial tomb; (arch.) emperor's grave
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
counter for books; volume
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
imagination; supposition; guess
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
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.
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
two-digit number; "tens" column; two digits; double figures
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
how; in what way; how about