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; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
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 sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
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
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
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 close; to finish
mountain-dwelling robber; brigand
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
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
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled