indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
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.)
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
grandfather; male senior-citizen
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
young girl; lass; adolescent female
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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.
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
what kind of; what sort of; what
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to pass on (a message, thoughts, etc.); to convey; to inform (of a visitor, phone call, etc.); to announce (a visitor); to act as an agent (between a manufacturer, wholesaler, etc. and retailers); to act as an intermediary