this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
Li Bai (701-762; Tang dynasty poet)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
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.
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
please (give me); please (do for me)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
brazenly; shamelessly; alternating wins and losses (every other day); (arch.) stupidly; (arch.) cluelessly; (arch.) slipping away secretly
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to become known; to be arrested; to be caught (of a criminal); to be moved to a higher position (of a body part); to be raised (e.g. of a hand to ask a question)
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result