elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
(your) daughter; young woman
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
table of contents; contents
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
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
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man
town; city; municipal; urban
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
difficult to ...; hard to ...
troubled times; turbulent times
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
level ground; plain; flatland
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
as (for); for; in the capacity of
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...