Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
such; this sort of; like this
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)
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
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
in that way; thus; so; so?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to talk; to chat; to chatter
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
much less; to say nothing of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
special; particular; peculiar; unique
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die