department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
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 hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
educational institution; school; academy; campus
descendant; progeny; offspring
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
three-game match; three-bout contest; a rubber (in a card game)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
large amount of money; great cost
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
verge of death; dying moments
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
danger; peril; hazard; risk
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?