refinement; elegance; grace
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
man; male; masculine gender
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
of course; certainly; naturally
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
skillful handling of a kitchen knife
now; the present time; just now; another; more
ripeness; mellowness; maturity; perfection
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
racing noisily (in a car, motorcycle, etc.); roaring (e.g. down the street)
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
around 40 (years of age, esp. women)
instruction in the ways of love
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
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.)
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
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.