thief; robber; burglar; bandit
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
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
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.
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
(of fire) to spread; to extend itself
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)