to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
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
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
longevity celebration; old age anniversary
senior high school; high school
life; living; I; me; student
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
suffix for familiar person
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
older brother and younger sister
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
serious; not joking; straight
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
proxy; ringer; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage