(yā, ㄧㄚ) to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure [CE-DICT]
(yà, ㄧㄚˋ) in the first place; to crush [CE-DICT]
根
(こん) (n) (1) stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; persistence; (2) (See 基・き・1) radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); (3) {math} root; (4) {Buddh} indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs) [EDICT]
(ね) (n) (1) root (of a plant); (2) root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); (3) root root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis; (4) one's true nature; (5) (fishing) reef; (P) [EDICT]
(gēn, ㄍㄣ) radical (chem.); root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings [CE-DICT]
說
(shuì, ㄕㄨㄟˋ) persuade (politically) [CE-DICT]
(shuō, ㄕㄨㄛ) to speak; to say; a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory) [CE-DICT]
啊
(ā, ㄚ) (interj.); ah [CE-DICT]
(á, ㄚˊ) an interjection; to express doubt or to question; to show realization; to stress [CE-DICT]
(ǎ, ㄚˇ) (interj. for surprise) [CE-DICT]
(à, ㄚˋ) oh (interjection) [CE-DICT]
(a, ㄚ˙) (a modal particle showing affirmation, approval, or consent) [CE-DICT]
(dǎo, ㄉㄠˇ) to fall; to collapse; to topple; to fail; to go bankrupt; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to sell; to speculate (buying and selling, also 搗|捣); profiteer [CE-DICT]
(dào, ㄉㄠˋ) upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted [CE-DICT]
是
(これ) (pn) (1) (uk) (See 何れ・1,其れ・1,彼・あれ・1) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (2) (hum) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); (3) now; (4) (arch) here; (5) (arch) I (me); (6) (arch) certainly; (P) [EDICT]
