men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
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
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
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 pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
fragile; brittle; delicate; sensitive
living thing; living creature; animal; life
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
myself; yourself; I; me; you
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and