house of a prince of the blood
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
mountainous region; mountainous district; hilly district
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
serious; not joking; straight
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
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
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
sabot; wooden shoe; work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; 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.
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
hack; inferior horse; inferior person; incapable person
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.)
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; charm; appeal
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis