green willow (i.e. one that has budded); meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
government; government service; the bureaucracy; government post; government official
please (give me); please (do for me)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
you (plural); all of you; you all
hue; color phase; colour phase
muddiness; murkiness; impurity (of the world, one's heart, etc.); dakuten (diacritic indicating a voiced consonant); unrefined sake
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 keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to suit the convenience of; to accommodate
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
(former) Ministry of Health and Welfare
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
recommendation; putting in a good word for someone
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
eleventh month of the lunar calendar
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
parliamentarian; member of a congress
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)