to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
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.)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
rice reaping; rice harvesting
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
mountain-dwelling robber; brigand
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
to shift; to move; to slide; to move (an appointment, meeting, etc.); to bring forward; to put back
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
fine weather; fair weather
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.