brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
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 hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
don't you think?; indicates question
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
existence; being; presence
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
cooking; food preparation
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember