person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
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
... years old; age (of) ...
woman entertainer; prostitute
strategist; tactician; schemer
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
inner palace (reserved for women); harem; seraglio; consort of the emperor
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
younger brother of an Emperor
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
beautiful face; beautiful looks; beauty; belle; handsome man
honorific/polite/humble prefix
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says