match; game; bout; contest
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
the extraordinary; the unusual; the unexpected
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
special characteristics; peculiarity; distinctiveness
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
instant; moment; for an instant
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
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
amount of money; sum of money
to come and go; to go back and forth
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
than; from; out of; except; but; more
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
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 start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
ten; 10; ten years of age
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
snake; serpent; large snake
honorific/polite/humble prefix
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...