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
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
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
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
script; screenplay; scenario
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 return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
please (give me); please (do for me)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
author; writer; novelist; artist
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
book; volume; this; present; main; head
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace