road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
scissors (in rock-paper-scissors)
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
par (in golf); equivalence; face value; parity
one thin flat object; one sheet
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
than; from; out of; except; but; more
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
(not so) much; (not) very
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
overreliance on others; excessive babyishness; spoiled person (esp. child)
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
only; merely; but; no more than
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances