to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
suffix for familiar person
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
police; police officer; police station
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
mass communication; mass media
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
interception; monitoring; tapping
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
adds force or indicates command
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
one's history as a performer
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)