vacuum bottle; thermos; jar
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
the reverse; other side; lining
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
senior high school; high school
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
number one; first; best; most; game; round
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
as a child; when one was a child
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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 throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
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.)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very