company; corporation; workplace
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
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
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to be needed; to be wanted
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
adds force or indicates command
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to bite off; to gnaw through
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
heart; guts; nerve; central part
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon