appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
bad character; bad person; villain; baddie
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
pupil (of the eye); one's eyes
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
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.
pasturing (e.g. cattle); letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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.)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
master; teacher; stable master
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
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
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 ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
adds emphasis to the following verb or indicates that the action is done forcefully or violently
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly