blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
primness; prim person; clear soup; water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
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
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
adds force or indicates command
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
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.
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
while; during; while; although; all; both
to mix; to blend; to combine
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to repeat; to do something over again
hey there; I say; see here
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness