thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
Chen (ancient Chinese state, approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (China, 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
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.)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
late at night; small hours of the morning
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
honorific/polite/humble prefix
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
restoration; repair; mending
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
contrary; opposite; inverse; reverse; back-to-front
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
older brother; elder brother