ancient city; former capital
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
honorific/polite/humble prefix
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
Venus (planet); thick silk thread; refined sugar; white rice jelly; variety of sweet potato
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
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
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest