ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
men's (fashion, wear, etc.); men
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
diminutive used with names, etc.; diminutive adjective ending
ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
under the control (of); under the dominion (of)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
matter of time; question of time
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
such; this sort of; like this
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour