ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; idiot; fool; noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters
to be needed; to be wanted
to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong); to swipe; to nick; to pilfer
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
bill; handbill; flier; flyer; leaflet; poster
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
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
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
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
yuzu (Citrus ichangensis x C. reticulata)
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
honorific/polite/humble prefix
under custody; under supervision; undecided match; draw; tie
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in