waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
woman; female; feminine gender
foreigner (esp. a Westerner); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
man; male; masculine gender
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
secondhand smoke; sidestream smoke
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays