finish; finishing; finishing touches
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
high flame (cooking); high heat; strong heat
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
now; the present time; just now; another; more
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
warning (e.g. for a storm); advisory
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
honorific/polite/humble prefix
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
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
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
per mill; per mille; per mil
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah