today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
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
soldier; combatant; warrior
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
than; from; out of; except; but; more
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
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.
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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.)
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way