you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
preface; introduction; preamble
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
high voltage; high pressure
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
haughty; arrogant; supercilious
it is not (like that) either
towering; astonishingly high
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
in that way; thus; so; so?
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)