precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
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
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
family; relatives; dependents; household
ancestor; forefather; foremother
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
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.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
honorific/polite/humble prefix
serious; not joking; straight
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless