bravery; courage; heroism
jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
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
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
three; three years of age
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
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
first generation; founder
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
head house (family); birthplace; originator
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
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 support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to follow; to conform; to apply to
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause