chapter one; first chapter
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
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
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
expression; presentation; representation; notation
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
summertime; summer season
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.
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then