pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
joining a company; getting a job with a company; starting work at a company
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
schoolyard; school playground; school grounds; campus
counter for laps or circuits; perimeter; Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
strange; odd; unusual; eccentric; peculiar
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
parts; accessories; components
foreign; abroad; overseas
reference; example; inquiry (about a product, business deal, etc.); enquiry; being summoned to appear to court; witness
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
lightly; easily; carelessly
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
overall victory; championship; winning the title; (being in) heaven; bliss; perfect contentment
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); shinobu-wake (Edo-period women's hairstyle); clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness