chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
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
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
splendid horse; promoted bishop
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
letter; missive; note; mail
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
adds force or indicates command
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
honorific/polite/humble prefix
older sister; elder sister
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
corridor; hallway; passageway
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
now; the present time; just now; another; more
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to begin; to set about; to start
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
existence; possession; having; limited company
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
(arch.) indicates emphasis, intention, etc.; indicates emphasis, intention, etc.
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
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.