the ten precepts; Ten Commandments; Decalogue
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
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 smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to be reduced to (e.g. poverty); to end up as
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
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.)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
shiny; flash; gaudy; glitzy
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!