toe shoes; pointe shoes; point shoes; chaussons de pointe
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
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
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
feeling; sense; impression
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
even if; even though; however; no matter how
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
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.
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
free (of charge); gratuitous
being carried out; being put into practice; in operation
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
on the occasion of; at the time of
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)