monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
rocket (Eruca sativa); arugula; roquette
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
attack; offence; top (dominant partner of a homosexual relationship); barrage (of); flood (of)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
rock 'n' roll; rock and roll
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
black rockfish (Sebastes inermis); darkbanded rockfish
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
two persons; two people; pair; couple
transactions; dealings; business
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to concern; to be related
tip-off (to the authorities); information (on); anonymous report
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 receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
(not) a soul; (not) a single person
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)