lamé (cloth made from gold or silver thread)
(committee) chairman; president
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
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
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.)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
welcome!; nice to see you!
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
recommendation; referral; endorsement
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
Japanese representative; Japanese delegate; Japanese delegation
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 smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
overall victory; championship
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh