darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
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
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
class of demons; demonic race; family of demons
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
in that way; thus; so; so?
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
government service; the bureaucracy
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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 come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
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.)
unknown; unidentified; unspecified
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
middle-aged woman who looks very young for her age (as through "magic")
such ... as; or some such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen