block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
even though; despite; when
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
injured person; wounded person
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
match; game; bout; contest
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
decision of a contest; finals
advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into); advance (to the next round of a competition)
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
(one small) fine-tuning; reworking; easily beating; easily defeating
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)