lantern festival, held on the night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar
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 celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
conclusion; end; finish; supervision; management; control
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
middle of the night; dead of night
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
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
horse riding; horseback riding; mounting a horse; mount; riding horse; saddle horse
training; drill; practice; discipline
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
Imperial Guards (Tang dynasty)
station; office; guardroom
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
cheerfully; joyously; joyfully; happily; lightheartedly; excitedly
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn