to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
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
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
underground spring; Hades; hell; underworld
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
adds force or indicates command
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
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 chase; to run after; to pursue
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness