pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest; (arch.) mental derangement; (arch.) madness; (arch.) insanity
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition