to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
Japanese representative; Japanese delegate; Japanese delegation
same score; deadlock; tie; draw
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.
to not take seriously; to take lightly
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
(some) more; even more; longer; further
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
match; game; bout; contest
adds force or indicates command
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
way (of doing); manner; method; means
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing