silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
carelessness; clumsiness; blunder; mistake; being no good at drinking and entertaining
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
(another's) daughter; young lady
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
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 leave of one's own accord
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
called; known as; that; to say
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
scoundrel; rascal; villain
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
armed forces; military; (common) soldier; rank-and-file soldier; underling; ordinary employee
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...