上声 (jōshō, “rising tone”) / 去声 (kyoshō, “departing tone”) / 入声 (nisshō, “checked tone”) / 平声 (hyōshō, “level tone”)

difficult / hard, probably impossible

(Chinese phonetics) the rising tone (one of the 仄声 (sokusei, “oblique tones”) among the 四声 (shisei, “four tones”) of Middle Chinese)

(Chinese phonetics, of Middle Chinese) the four tones

Chinese (any language spoken in China) / Chinese (class of languages) / Chinese (Mandarin)

to feel / to sense / to experience

talk, speak / word, language, term / Short for 物語 (monogatari): story, tale, narrative

to leave

(historical or contemporary) any of several kingdoms, empires, or states of the Chinese people

the central part of a country, historically, commonly known as the capital city or the main region, where an emperor or other ruler resides / something within a country