this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
place; position; location; position; standing; status
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
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.
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
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.)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to be biased; to be prejudiced; to be partial; to be one-sided
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
day duty; day shift; class duty (students)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give