faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
founder of a religious sect
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
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.
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
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
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
Yuanshi Tianzun (one of the supreme divinities of Taoism)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
listen!; you see; mind you; remember