strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
really; truly; indeed; good grief
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
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
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
changing clothes; change of clothes
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
than; from; out of; except; but; more
solo activities (e.g. of a band member); solo work; performing solo; solo career
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 ...
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
suffix for familiar person
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
managing director; executive director; routine business; regular business
planning; project; plan; design
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle