cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
children's shelter; shelter for abused and neglected children
hummingbird (Trochilidae family)
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
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
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 lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
for some (unspecified) reason
for dear life; barely escaping alive
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)