sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
honorific/polite/humble prefix
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
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
water's edge; beach; shore
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
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
father; dad; husband; you; he
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
until now; so far; up to the present
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
around the world; throughout the world
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do