to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
hey!; c'mon!; pushy; overbearing; self-assured
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
adds force or indicates command
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
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
ji (ancient Chinese halberd)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
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.)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?