elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
table of contents; contents
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
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
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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 recall; to remember; to recollect
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble