mobile telephone; cellular telephone
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
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
consequence; outcome; result; blame
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
myself; yourself; I; me; you
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to shake; to sway; to waver
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
thicket; coppice; brushwood
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
Italian-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
marshy rice field or paddy
cool breeze; cool air; refreshing coolness
suffix for familiar person
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person