around the world; throughout the world
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
imprisonment; captive; prisoner
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 ...
to collect; to assemble; to gather
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
public execution; public embarrassment
near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
ace; ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
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.
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
wheat straw; barley straw
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
impregnable castle; inner castle citadel; golden castle (nickname for Nagoya Castle)
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
escaping from prison; breaking out of prison; jailbreak; jailbreaking (a smartphone, video game console, etc.)
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
myself; yourself; I; me; you
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; money
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement