captain; commander; commanding officer; leader
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
ancestor; forefather; foremother
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
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
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
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.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
drill bit; drill; drill (practice); drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books)
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...