French bread (esp. baguette); breadstick
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
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
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
blood spilt from the body; blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
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 hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
Japanese person; Japanese people
by means of; due to; because of; according to
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
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
one large ...; a great ...
lyric poetry; lyric poem; ode
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
head office; main office; main store; this store; our store
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
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.)
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title