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
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a 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; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
seems; I think; I guess; 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 (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
far from; anything but; not at all; 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 been ...-ing
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
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, ...
to attack; to assault; to assail
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
serious; not joking; straight
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation