department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
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
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
being very busy; busyness
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
lately; recently; nowadays
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
these days; nowadays; recently
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
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.
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
annotation; explanatory note; comment
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship; (arch.) eldest brother; Brazil; Brazilian