kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
erratic; offbeat; wild; unconventional; extraordinary; weird
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
temporary construction; temporary establishment; provisional construction; assumption; supposition
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
power; motive power; three-phase electricity
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
11th day of the month; 11 days
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
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.
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
(some) more; even more; longer; further
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)