class of demons; demonic race; family of demons
special ward; special economic zone (China); special administrative region of China (e.g. Hong Kong)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
how; in what way; how about
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.)
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
while; during; while; although; all; both
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
your body; your health; yourself; you
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
secrecy; highly classified information
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
grimoire; book of magic; book of sorcery
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
contract; compact; agreement
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial