sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
district; section; sector
honorific/polite/humble prefix
railroad; railway; rail transport
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
river; stream; River; the ... river
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
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
I see; that's right; indeed
that is to say; so that means
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
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 take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
feeling; sense; impression
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
even though; despite; when
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous