ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
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.
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
sedative; tranquilizer; tranquiliser
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to carry around; to carry on one's person
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
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
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
how long; how far; how much
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
professor; teaching; instruction
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
student (esp. a university student)
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett