indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
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.
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
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.)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
monstrously ugly; hideous; ugly and bizarre
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
about; on; regarding; per; for every
two (long cylindrical things)
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
ceramics painting; porcelain painting; painting on china
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
tail (of an animal); tail end; tip