no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care 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.)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
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
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
limited time; limited-time offer
Dawson (Canada); D'Ohsson; Dorson
big and round (eyes, shaven head, etc.)
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do