to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
honorific/polite/humble prefix
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
older sister; elder sister
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
in that way; thus; so; so?
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
please (give me); please (do for me)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become