sorry; excuse me; thank you
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
myself; yourself; I; me; you
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
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
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
journal; magazine; periodical
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
(arch.) clearly; (arch.) brightly; cleanly; purely
boiled and half-dried bonito
autumn breeze; fall breeze
inter-scholastic athletics competition
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
honorific/polite/humble prefix
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched