hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
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
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
adds force or indicates command
in that way; thus; so; so?
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
splendid horse; promoted bishop
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
honorific/polite/humble prefix
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
older brother; elder brother
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
how; in what way; how about
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
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 be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do