extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK
terrorist organization; terrorist organisation
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
dish made with pork belly and bones, simmered with miso, sake, vegetables, etc. (from Kagoshima)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
the same; the said; likewise
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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 jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
alone; by oneself; on one's own
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing