alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
rest; break; recess; intermission
war; battle; match; game; competition
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
thin, white ceremonial haori worn by miko
suffix for familiar person
stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
playing field boundary (comp. karuta)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
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
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
manjū with a meat filling; steamed yeast bun with a meat filling
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
(winning) by a nose; photo finish
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...