to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
until now; so far; up to the present
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial