tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
difference; variation; difference
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
transfer student; student changing schools
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
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
adds force or indicates command
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
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
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
par (in golf); equivalence; face value; parity
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to overdo something (speed, exertion, etc.)
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
home area; home town; local
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not