sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
gathering clouds; group of clouds
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
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
please (give me); please (do for me)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
popular person; favorite; favourite
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis