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
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
sandstorm; noise (video); snow
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
wormwood (Artemisia absinthium); absinthium; absinthe wormwood; absinthe
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to pour drinks for each other; to drink together
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to recall; to remember; to recollect
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber
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 pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
soldier; combatant; warrior
Paloh (Malaysia); Paro (Bhutan)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
Baeck; Bech; Beck; Becque; Bek; Boeckh