indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
double circle (indicating "very good" on a piece of school work)
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
(your) daughter; young woman
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
Shirley; Charrie; Sherley
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
flax color; flax colour; beige; ecru
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
annual (plant); first-year student
villain; baddie; the villain's part
mixing; compounding; dispensing (e.g. prescription)
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
macaron (meringue-based sandwich cookie); French macaroon
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
half-sibling (with a different mother)