teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
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.
knowing; (an) acquaintance
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
Leigh (Britain); Ri; Li; Lie
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
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
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
please (give me); please (do for me)
water's edge; beach; shore
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
resolution; vote; decision
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
people; citizens; subjects; folk
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
ruling party; government party; party in power; government
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to come back; to bloom a second time