babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
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
planning; project; plan; design
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
woman; female; feminine gender
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
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 bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration
company; corporation; workplace
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
estimate (of costs); budget
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise