bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
is that so?; I see; right; oh
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
yin-yang diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
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 walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
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