to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
honorific/polite/humble prefix
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
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 kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
way; method; means; resource; course
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
mountain-dwelling robber; brigand
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off; to lop off
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at; in; at; when; by; with; so