now; soon; already; yet; further; more
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
in that way; thus; so; so?
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to burn into one's memory; to sear an image
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
opposite; reverse; contrary
to have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)
just a minute; small quantity
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
government; administration
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
informal summer clothes for men (short jacket and trousers)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
meeting; greeting; welcome
snake; serpent; large snake
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
older sister; elder sister
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
to cause someone to worry