immigration officer; immigration inspector
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
one's house; one's home; one's family
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
earnings from a part-time job; part-time job pay
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
food expenses; money for food; charge for board
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo