indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order; fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.); drawn
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
on and after; from ... onward; since
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
while; during; while; although; all; both
quarrel; dispute; argument
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
out (of a ball; in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; preliminary selection; screening (e.g. of applicants); provisional election
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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.)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
BASIC (programming language)
simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
participants; participating athletes
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to some extent; to a certain extent
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing