boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
flattery; cajolery; flirtation
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
March; third month of the lunar calendar
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
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
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
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.
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.)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
(not so) much; (not) very
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to pass (of time); to elapse
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
number one; first; best; most; game; round
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning