incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
each country; every country; various countries; all countries
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; proto-
president (of a society); chairman
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
from (this, here, etc.); since (this)
end of life; death; breathing one's last
tournament; knockout tournament (esp. single-elimination); elimination tournament
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.
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
one-on-one fighting sport (without weapons); combat sport; martial art
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
now; the present time; just now; another; more
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to