occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
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.)
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
by (from) choice; by (for) preference; of one's own accord; of one's (own) free will; on purpose; deliberately
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
chasing out ogres; exterminating ogres
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
by means of; due to; because of; according to
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible