quiet; calm; leisurely; distant; far-off; boundless
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
(water-filled) paddy field
(arch.) bracelet (made of stringed jewels or bells and worn at the elbow); bracer (for the elbow of an archer)
digitization; digitalization
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
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
criminal nature; criminality
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
(police) detective; criminal matter
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
to punish (e.g. a child, etc.)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
lush mountain; green mountain; grave; burial place
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
woman; female; feminine gender
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability