fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part
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 stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
several hours; a few hours
to pass (of time); to elapse
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to take out; to take a handful of; to grab and throw; to turn someone out (of house, room, etc.)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
don't you think?; indicates question
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
killing; destruction of life; cruel; heartless; callous
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
older sister; elder sister
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation