heavenly voice; off the record instructions; influential person's opinion; powerful person's verdict
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
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
transfer student; student changing schools
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
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 sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
birth; creation; formation
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
child born with teeth; child which does not resemble its parents; changeling; wild child; badly-behaved child
yearning; longing for; deep affection
educational institution; school; academy; campus
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
pupil; student; schoolchild
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
reigning; controlling; dictating
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
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
check; restraint; oppression; suppression
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style