name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
main building (of a villa, palace, etc.)
older sister; elder sister
to say; to be called; to do
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
tenement house; row house
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
hard struggle; strenuous effort
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
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.
employer's house; master's house
to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
one's wife; one's wife and daughter or daughters
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise