elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
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
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
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 smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
don't you think?; indicates question
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
in that way; thus; so; so?
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
pure; undiluted; raw; crude
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic
to weave within (hair, fabric, etc.); to braid
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off