beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
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 throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
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.
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.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
two persons; two people; pair; couple
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
special training; intensive training; crash course
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to be opposite; to face each other
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to beat to death; to kill
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole