skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
final game; final games; the finals
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Niigata prefecture (Hokuriku area)
subject; theme; homework; assignment; problem (that needs solving); task
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
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 take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
dramatic turn-around; major reversal; great comeback; game changer
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
(suffering a) complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...