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
every person has their eccentricities
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
meaning; significance; sense
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
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
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
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.
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
scale; scope; plan; structure
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
finding employment; getting a job
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!