elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
table of contents; contents
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
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
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
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 rub; to scrub; to scrape
while; during; while; although; all; both
(some) more; even more; longer; further
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to rise; to erect; to get up
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle