bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
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
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
wrist cutting; slashing one's wrists
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
garlic (edible plant, Allium sativum)
(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to feel; to sense; to experience
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
society; the world; the times
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
brief glimpse of a woman's underwear
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
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 persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...