at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
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
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
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.
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
expression; presentation; representation; notation
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
simply; merely; only; solely
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
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
discovery; detection; finding
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
secret; private; surreptitious
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
in that way; thus; so; so?