babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
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 the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
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; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
you said; he said; even if; 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 ...
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
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; litter
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure