first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to be plump; to be chubby
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
now; the present time; just now; another; more
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
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
reality; actuality; hard fact
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice