elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
fly ball; fly (esp. in fishing bait); flying
table of contents; contents
after school (at the end of the day)
westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun
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
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
all; entire; whole; altogether
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
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 ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
occasional; infrequent; rare
suffix for familiar person
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
in that way; thus; so; so?
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
several weeks; a few weeks
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly