fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
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
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
primary school; elementary school; grade school
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
losing weight; slimming; lean person
honorific/polite/humble prefix
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
just one person; only one
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to keep watch; to stand guard
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.