cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
buzz buzz (sound of robust cicadas)
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
to be able to manage somehow or other
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
then; well; so; well then
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
suffix for familiar person
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books)
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like