match; game; bout; contest
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
right in the middle (of); midst; height
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
adds force or indicates command
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
arm; skill; efforts; ability
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
height (of body); stature
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count