counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
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
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
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 go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
having only tiles of one suit and no honor tiles (meld)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
vice; immorality; corruption
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
business practice; business method; commerce; commercial law
marriage fraud; fake marriage
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
in succession; one by one
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
punishment; judgement; judgment
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
debt collection; debt collector